António Guterres Instagram – Congratulations to the recipients of the
@unitednationshumanrights Prize for their extraordinary work, their humanity and their courage.
Across the world, human rights defenders are a light in the darkness – fighting, educating, and holding power to account, to make human rights a living, breathing reality.
Being a human rights defender is deeply dangerous work.
Last year, almost 450 human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were killed – 40% more than the previous year.
33 vanished without a trace – a staggering 300% increase from 2021.
Fight by fight, case by case, human rights defenders are making the vision of universal human rights a reality.
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we need leaders of all kinds to embrace their role as human rights defenders too.
📷: UN Photo/Mark Garten | Posted on 16/Dec/2023 03:44:27
