COMMADDH Support them, protect them " Human rights defenders are your defenders, "support them, protect them". Visibility campaign to raise awareness and support implementation of the new law on HRDs protection in Mali; This project implemented by COMMADHH and variou partners during 9 months  targets human rights defenders protection in Mali by adoption of a new law.
Based in the context , a group of Malian  Human Right Defenders in partnership with local media and international NGO Front Line Defenders, are planning to launch a campaign to support the approval of this implementation decree and build public support for the law. Through different media (radio, television, social networks), the campaign explain who  are Human right Defenders,  what are they doing and why it is important to protect them. The campaign also include public events to raise awareness about the law and advocacy meetings to push for the approval of the implementation decree.
The approach is as follows:
1) a radio campaign developed in partnership with Studio Tamani, a radio station based in Bamako, and its network of 56 radios which broadcast content in 5 languages throughout the country;
2) a rap debate and a slam poetry show produced by Kunafoni, a web TV and web radio which targets women and young people. The content will be shared online and on the TV channel TM2.
3) a public debate, where a group of HRDs will have the opportunity to speak about their work, the risks they face and the impact of the new legislation on their work and the communities they help protect.
4) an advocacy meeting with HRDs, international NGOs (including Front Line Defenders and ISHR),  relevant ministries and government officials, to push for the approval of the implementation decree of the law on HRDs protection.
5) production and publicationof some leaflets on why it is important to protect HRDs and how to support them;
6) A series of « listening clubs »,  community events with different target groups (particularly women and youth) who could come together, listen to the radio messages and debate together about human rights and the role played by HRDs in protecting their communities.
7) production of articles, podcasts and videos to be shared online, in a website dedicated to the campaign and developed by Front Line Defenders, an ONG basedin Dublin which works to support HRDs at risk around the world.
The main goals of the campaign are :
1) raise awareness about the work of HRDs who protect the rights of the most vulnerable and discriminated people in their communities, and the risks they face in doing this work. The campaign will focus particularly on those HRDs working topromote and defend women#s rights, LGBT rights, minority rights and rural communities.
2) raise awareness among the general population and the HRDs community about the new law on protection of HRDs, explaining how it will help create an environment where HRDs canwork freely without fearing attacks and reprisals, and how this in turn will benefit the wider community and particularly those marginalised groups that HRDs help protect.
3) Put pressure on the government to approve the implementation decree and make sure the law is effectively implemented.
The campaign will be developed