Ko brani branitelje? Mehanizmi zaštite branitelja ljudskih prava
Who defends the defenders? Mechanisms for the protection of human rights defenders

Author(s): Isidora Stakić
Subject(s): Politics, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Communication studies
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Human rights; Colombia; Mexico; DR Congo; Philippines; Turkey; Serbia; defamation campaigns; legal persecution
Summary/Abstract: Human rights defenders are people who act independently or jointly to improve human rights and basic freedoms and fight for their protection at local, national and international levels. As a rule, defenders' activities run counter to the interests of the powerful, be it governments or private corporations, and therefore need protection. This study analyzes legal and institutional instruments for the protection of veterans at the international level and in six countries: Colombia, Mexico, DR Congo, the Philippines, Turkey and Serbia. In these countries, human rights defenders are in a difficult situation, in which they face numerous threats and pressures - from police repression, through defamation campaigns to legal persecution. Therefore, these are countries where there is a need for additional protection of veterans, but (still) a significant gap between the normative level and practice.

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