Dear civil society partners,

How can we support human rights defenders at risk when they need to relocate to the EU? What support do they need once they have moved to safety? What is needed in terms of advocacy and awareness raising efforts?

Together with leading experts in this field, we will explore this topic in a webinar on Wednesday, 20 March, at 10:00 CET.

Please click here to register and receive the meeting link!

Speakers include:

Waltraud Heller (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights – FRA), Sasha Cherkasenko (relocated defender), Javier Roura (ProtectDefenders.eu), Jennifer Gaspar (Araminta Advisers), Sofie Korčyková (People in Need), Ivana Rosenzweigowa (European Center for Not-for-Profit Law) and Elisabeth Dyvik (International Cities for Refuge Network – ICORN).

In this session, we will:

1. revisit the relocation challenges that human rights defenders face
2. update you on key developments since FRA’s latest report on this topic (July 2023)
3. explore together how civil society organisations could advance the issue and support the relocated defenders

Please email frp@fra.europa.eu if you have questions or need help signing up!

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Ene Patterson
Project Manager Fundamental Rights Platform