While each of us work with cases and networks of defenders, to date there has not been a coordinated clearing house or exchange. Since the approval of the mandate for the Special Representative to the Secretary General on Defenders, we are looking for ways to better collect, investigate, and publicize defenders' cases and find them better protection. DefendingDefenders is a prototype of a listserve for posting and receiving information about cases of defenders of civil, political, social and economic rights whose own rights have been violated due to their work.
Many organizations already have their own methods and networks for defenders' support.
This list is not intended to supplant existing efforts, but to help coordinate them in the interests of better protection of defenders. Help us construct this list and make it a useful research and advocacy tool for all of us.