
2021 SOUTHERN DEFENDERS SUMMIT
The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (Southern Defenders), in partnership with the Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network (RMDDH), Advancing Human Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA), the Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR – ROSA) and Amnesty International, are organizing, on 2 and 3 December, the Summit of Human Rights Defenders 2021, at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre, in Maputo City.
The regional summit will bring together human rights defenders and civil society organisations from Southern Africa to assess the gains made and the risks and challenges faced by human rights defenders as civic space closes in the region. The delegates to the Summit will discuss creative ways of building regional solidarity, with the aim of defending civic space and protecting the rights of Human Rights Defenders.












