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Defender of the Week #5: Greta Thunberg

December 3, 2019June 9, 2022 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments crisis, environment, Greta Thunberg

“I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic, and act as

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Why be a Human Rights Defender?

September 26, 2018June 9, 2022 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments

Why should we defend human rights? Asking this question is analogous to questioning why we breathe… it just wouldn’t make

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Defender of the Week #4: Kimberley Motley

September 12, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Afghanistan, human rights, Kimberley Motley, lawyer

(Photo: Helle Moos/made in Copenhagen) “The laws are ours, and no matter what your ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, they belong

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Defender of the Week #3: Kofi Annan

August 21, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Kofi Annan, UN, United Nations

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi

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Defender of the Week #2: Dr Denis Mukwege

July 31, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments conflict, Dr Denis Mukwege, DRC, sexual violence

“We need to eradicate rape as a weapon of war … like nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.” – Dr Denis

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Defender of the Week #1: Rigoberta Menchú

July 23, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Guatemala, human rights, Mayan, Rigoberta Menchú

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to

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Celebrating 20 Years of the Rome Statute

July 18, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Burundi, Congo, Hague, ICC, Rome Statute, UNSC

(Photo: the signing of the Rome Statute in Rome, 1998) On 17th July, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated the

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What are the ‘Rules of War’? The Geneva Convention Condensed

January 31, 2018February 5, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments

Otherwise known as international humanitarian law (IHL), the ‘rules of war’ detail what can and cannot be done in times

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