Our Value

Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone is a national community of human rights defenders with a number of characteristics that we considered core to our ongoing success and common to each of our achievements:  

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Our Mission

HRDN-SL works at the national, regional and international levels to promote and protect human rights. We do this by enhancing Human Rights Defenders, strengthening human rights standards and systems, and leading member organisations for human rights change.  

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Our Vision

A just society in Sierra Leone where the rights of Human Rights Defenders are protected, human right activities and initiatives are coordinated and where all human rights are guaranteed, respected and promoted;

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Group picture of NGO forum at Kairaba Hotel- The Gambia

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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Strategic meeting with Partners

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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Pre-UPR session December 2015

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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HRD’s Sierra Leone Presentation during the UPR Pre Session

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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Special session

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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Meeting with Human Rights delegates

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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Training on online safety for Human rights defenders

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.

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