marylawlorhrds.bsky.social
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (2020-2026) | Adjunct Prof. at Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Business School | Founder Front Line Defenders. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/marylawlorhrds
👤 Joined on 10 January 2025
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@marylawlorhrds.bsky.social1/3 🧵 National human rights institutions are under attack. Together with @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, we warned today about the rise in smear campaigns, judicial harassment, and physical and digital threats against those defending #rights from within these bodies. 🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Show PostRepression has increased, but activists aren't giving up. @ninalakhani.bsky.social speaks with @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social to bring us this inspiring love letter to human rights defenders as she wraps up her time as UN special rapporteur drilled.media/news/marylaw...
Show Post🌍 IFEX welcomes @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social report on how social media platforms engage in the digital repression of HRDs. With contributions from the IFEX network, the report documents how defenders are forced to balance visibility with safety while companies profit. buff.ly/j8FV8ma
Show Post#HRC61 ID with SR on #HRDs: #Luxembourg🇱🇺 thanks @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social for her continued engagement since 2020. Attacks, intimidation, shrinking civic space & disinformation silence defenders. Protection mechanisms weaken as needs grow. An enabling and secure environment is essential.
Show Post✊🌎Today in Geneva, Ana María Hernández and Raquel Silva delivered the report on the situation of human rights defenders in Ecuador to Special Rapporteur @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social. Grateful that hteir report is cited in the official report that she will present tomorrow to the Human Rights Council
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