Current Assignments
Israel and the Occupied Territories
Lobbying, Training and Policy Development on HRDs for ICCO
Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award of the Dutch Government
Completed Assignments
Seminar Facilitation for Amnesty International
Evaluations of Human Rights Organizations
Research and Advocacy on the EU Guidelines on HRDs for Amnesty International
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I am an independent consultant based in The Hague, The Netherlands. I work with international and national non-governmental organizations and with governments to design, implement and evaluate strategies to promote and protect human rights. In particular, I aim to promote the rights of human rights defenders, leading to the full realization of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. This declaration was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1998 and spells out the right to defend human rights and state obligations to support the work of human rights defenders. My main areas of activity are research, lobby, advocacy, policy development and capacity-building of local human rights organizations.
with Hina Jilani
UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders
October 2005, Dublin, Ireland