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      • Front Line Defenders, or The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, is an Irish-based human rights organisation founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2001 to protect those who work non-violently to uphold the human rights of others as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


      History


      The organisation was founded by Mary Lawlor, former director of the Irish Section of Amnesty International with a US$3 million donation from businessman and philanthropist Denis O'Brien. Front Line Defenders has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and has Observer Status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
      In 2006 Front Line Defenders established a European Union office in Brussels.
      Front Line Defenders received the King Baudouin International Development Prize in 2007 and the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 2018. On 3 July 2014, Lawlor was presented with the Order of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by French Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Jean-Pierre Thebault, on behalf of the French government.
      Front Line Defenders' overall goal is to enable human rights defenders, as key agents of social change, to continue their work without the risk of harassment, intimidation or arrest.


      Notable work


      In October 2021, Front Line Defenders found evidence that various Palestinian citizens belonging to human rights groups which had been outlawed by Israel, had been targeted by spyware made by the Israeli technology company, NSO Group.


      Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk


      In 2005 this award was established, which according to the organisations website is awarded to a human rights defender "who through non-violent work, is courageously making an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights of others, often at great personal risk to themselves". The award brings international attention to its recipient's cause, and a €15,000 cash prize.
      The recipients of this award since its inception are as follows:

      2005 – Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Sudan
      2006 – Ahmadjan Madmarov, Uzbekistan
      2007 – Gégé Katana, Democratic Republic of Congo
      2008 – Anwar al-Bunni, Syria
      2009 – Yuri Melini, Guatemala
      2010 – Soraya Rahim Sobhrang, Afghanistan
      2011 – Joint Mobile Group, Russian Federation
      2012 – Razan Ghazzawi, Syria
      2013 – Biram Dah Abeid, Mauritania
      2014 – SAWERA – Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas, Pakistan
      2015 – Guo Feixiong, pen name for Yang Maodong, China
      2016 – Ana Mirian Romero, Honduras
      2017 – Emil Kurbedinov, Crimea
      2018 – Nurcan Baysal, Turkey
      2019 – Ibu Shinta Ratri, Indonesia
      2020 – Africa: Mekfoula Mint Brahim, Mauritania; Americas: Guardia Indígena del Cauca, Colombia; Asia: Juwairiya Mohideen, Sri Lanka; Europe & Central Asia: Lara Aharonian, Armenia; Middle East & North Africa: Fatima Al-Bahadly, Iraq
      2021 – Africa: Aminata Fabba, Sierra Leone; Americas: Camila Moradia, Brazil; Asia: Mother Nature Cambodia, Cambodia; Europe & Central Asia 1: Siarhei Drazdouski & Aleh Hrableuski, Belarus; Europe & Central Asia 2: Mamadou Ba, Portugal; Middle East & North Africa: Sami & Sameeha Huraini, Palestine
      2022 – Liah Ghazanfar Jawad, Afghanistan; Ameira Osman Hamid, Sudan; Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Zimbabwe; Javier del Tránsito and María del Tránsito Salvatierra, Mexico; Volha Harbunova, Belarus


      See also


      List of human rights organisations


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Front Line Defenders on Facebook
      Front Line Defenders on Instagram
      Front Line Defenders on Twitter
      International Human Rights Funders Group

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