The Defenders Coalition is the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya, a national membership organization established in 2007 and registered under Kenyan law as a Trust to champion the safety, security and wellbeing of human rights defenders (HRDs). The Defenders Coalition works prima... read morerily for the protection of HRDs in Kenya. Among others, the Coalition strengthens capacities of HRDs to work more effectively, besides advocating for favourable legal, policy and institutional environments in order to reduce their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and or harm.
The membership of the Defenders Coalition includes Kenyan human rights organizations and individual HRDs. Defenders Coalition is on its part a member of various networks regionally and globally. These include among others Defend Defenders, formerly, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network, World in Action, and CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Further, the Defenders Coalition has observer status with the African Commission for Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR). Regionally, the Defenders Coalition has strategic partnerships with a broad array of civil society initiatives, movements and actors.
VISION
A just society founded on human rights.
MISSION
To champion the safety, security and wellbeing of Human Rights Defenders.
The Programmes Intern will be responsible for:
Actively participating in the implementation of the Defenders Coalition activities under the direction and supervision of the Programme Office
The Programmes Intern will be responsible for:
Actively participating in the implementation of the Defenders Coalition activities under the direction and supervision of the Programme Office
The Programmes Intern will be responsible for:
Actively participating in the implementation of the Defenders Coalition activities under the direction and supervision of the Programme Office
