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A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights.They can be journalists, environmentalists, whistleblowers, trade unionists, lawyers, teachers, housing campaigners, participants in direct action, or just individuals acting alone.
Human rights movement refers to a nongovernmental social movement engaged in activism related to the issues of human rights. The foundations of the global human rights movement involve resistance to: colonialism, imperialism, slavery, racism, segregation, patriarchy, and oppression of indigenous peoples.
Human rights activist, trade unionist Steven Goldstein: 1962 United States: gay rights advocate, political activist Chee Soon Juan: 1962 Singapore: politician, former political prisoner, democracy and human rights activist Manasi Pradhan: 1962 India: women's rights activist, founder of Honour for Women National Campaign: Céline Narmadji: 1964 Chad
Human rights and environmental issues have historically been treated separately both within international law and as activist movements; [25] prior to the 21st century, most human rights movements did not explicitly treat environmental issues, and likewise, human rights concerns were not typically integrated into early environmental activism. [26]
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi-judicial organ of the African Union tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and considering individual complaints of ...
Anna J. Cooper, civil and women's rights activist, author, educator, sociologist, scholar [11] John Anthony Copeland Jr., abolitionist; Patrisse Cullors, civil rights activist, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement [12] [13] [14] Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate
NEW YORK -Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who helped shape U.S. civil rights law during the Johnson administration but went on to travel the globe to fight human rights abuses by his ...
Women human rights activists (15 C, 403 P) * Fictional human rights activists (1 C, 14 P) A. Activists against atrocities in the Congo Free State (10 P)