DEFENDERS & CIVIL SOCIETY
Supporting Forces for change

HRIC supports defenders and civil society actors—lawyers, legal advocates, and rights activists, as well as their families—through work in two areas: (1) building international support for them by highlighting their cases and actions and amplifying their voices by statements, special campaigns, feature web sections, and translation; and (2) expanding their capacity for rights defense and promotion by providing knowledge and skills in international human rights advocacy, organizational development, and effective use of communications technology.