Front Line Defenders

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Front Line Defenders (FLD) is an international human rights organisation founded in Dublin in 2001, with the specific aim of protecting human rights defenders at risk (HRDs).

FLD works to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and organisations around the world at risk for their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. As identified by human rights defenders themselves, FLD responds to protection and security needs by providing support through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking, and advocacy, at the international, regional and local levels. Front Line Defenders has been awarded the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize.

Front Line Defenders maintains its headquarters in Dublin, an EU Office in Brussels, and regionally-based field staff in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe & Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Front Line Defenders provides rapid and practical support to human rights defenders at risk through:

international advocacy on behalf of human rights defenders at risk, including emergency support for those in immediate danger;
grants and support for the practical security needs of human rights defenders; including temporary relocation of human rights defenders.
capacity building and resource materials on wholistic security and protection, including digital security;
Wellbeing opportunities such as the ‘’Rest and Respite’’ program for human rights defenders dealing with extreme stress as a result of their work;
Support for visibility needs including media outreach, campaign support, the FLD Award, production of visibility materials, and capacity building training on visibility, aimed at protection.
opportunities for networking and exchange between human rights defenders, including at the biennial Dublin Platform;
Emergency and crisis response through an emergency 24-hour phone lineoperating in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish; as well as rapid crisis support as needed

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