Front Line Defenders |

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FLD works to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and organisations around the world at risk for their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. As identified by human rights defenders themselves, FLD responds to protection and security needs by providing support through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking, and advocacy, at the international, regional and local levels. Front Line Defenders has been awarded the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize.

Front Line Defenders maintains its headquarters in Dublin, an EU Office in Brussels, and regionally-based field staff in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe & Central Asia, and the Middle East.

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Front Line Defenders promotes strengthened international and regional measures to protect human rights defenders including respect for the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and support for the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders. Support for the Special Rapporteurs office is provided through the FLD Frank Jennings Fellowship Programme.

Front Line Defenders has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Front Line Defenders has partnership status with the Council of Europe.

Front Line Defenders has Observer Status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and supports the work of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights by providing an intern/fellow support on an annual basis.

Front Line Defenders serves as the lead partner in ProtectDefenders.eu – the European Union Human Rights Defenders mechanism, established to protect defenders at high risk and facing the most difficult situations worldwide.  It is a consortium of 12 international and regional human rights organisations which collectively implement the European Human Rights Mechanism.