Human Rights Defenders & Closing Civic Space
Protecting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and defending against threats to civic space are fundamental to advancing human rights. We will continue both of these efforts by bringing together a future-looking approach, an analysis of closing civic space, and HRDs in ways that enable funders to engage with each other. This approach will challenge us to see the intersections between HRDs and civic space, as well as other interlinked issues. We are also designing learning journeys to collectively build a more resilient approach to funding in -- and before -- human rights crises.
Reports, Publications & Stories
- Chronicles of Crises Foretold: How Funders Can Prepare, Respond and Build Resilience in Human Rights Crises (Kellea Miller, HRFN)
- Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule (Sarah Repucci and Amy Slipowitz, Freedom House)
- Rethinking civic space in an age of intersectional crises: a briefing for funders (Funders' Initiative for Civil Society)
- Funding for Ukraine: An Incomplete Response (Rachel Thomas, HRFN)
- Checking our donor agenda at the door? What is the role for funders in closing civil society contexts? (Sophia Sakhanberidze, Mama Cash)
- Civil Society holding the line in contested times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report (CIVICUS)