Resources

For each of its training programs, DTP develops and shares resources useful to human rights defenders. These include UN documents, training manuals, practical guides, academic articles and more.

A series of 24 webinars on the Convention on the Rights of the Child featuring leading child’s rights experts, practitioners and young people.
Commemorating the 75th year of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
A human rights and climate change resource hub.
A series of 9 webinars, 3 each on Genocide and the Genocide Convention, UN Human Rights Mechanisms, and The Magnitsky Act and Australia.
A series of three webinars to to build awareness and knowledge of UNDRIP and help First Nations representatives prepare effectively for engagement in UN processes.

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DTP diagram outlining the main UN bodies in the UN system involved with human rights.
Link to the UN website containing the full text of the Declaration and details of its history and drafters.
Home page of the OHCHR.

In 1998 the UN adopted the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. It recognises the critical role of individuals in defending and promoting human rights.  These individuals are often at risk and need to be valued and protected – and this is a shared, international responsibility of governments and other duty bearers.

Since 1998 many governments have adopted guidelines on human rights that set out how they will support human rights defenders – including through their diplomacy and the work of their diplomats and diplomatic missions.  Human rights defenders can use these guidelines to seek the help and support of governments who have a duty to act in their defence.

Below are links to some of these Guidelines and to useful resources on for human rights defenders.