AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) is a network of five African sub-regional organisations, dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights defenders (HRDs) across the African continent.
One of the main goals of the Johannesburg +10 Conference was to understand the challenges faced by HRDs at a regional and sub-regional level, share experiences in order to identify best practices for the protection of HRDs, and encourage replication of these practices across the continent for increased impact.
