Today, we celebrate International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. On this occasion, Open Briefing is announcing new wellbeing support for WHRDs threatened because of their work and gender. Funded by the Evans Cornish Foundation, we will shortly be launching a project to pilot a free remote counselling service for WHRDs.
Category: Insights and updates
Leaders from the human rights, humanitarian, philanthropy and finance worlds join Open Briefing as advisers
Open Briefing is delighted to announce its new advisory board. They join the team at an exciting time, when we face new challenges and opportunities, and the threats against civil society are greater than ever. We are honoured to have people of such statue supporting our work.
Digital security groups call on Facebook to resist demands to undermine end-to-end encryption
Open Briefing and 110 other civil society organisations concerned with internet freedom and digital security have published an open letter to Facebook urging it to continue to increase the end-to-end security of its messaging service despite government demands to undermine encryption.
Open Briefing awarded major grant by the National Endowment for Democracy
Open Briefing is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a major grant by the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, non-profit foundation that is funded primarily through an annual allocation from the US Congress.
Open Briefing unveils radical new environmental policy in response to the climate emergency
Open Briefing is dedicated to fostering the safety and resilience of human rights defenders and other civic actors around the world. The climate emergency and ecological breakdown will drastically worsen the situation for our beneficiaries and target populations as well as for ourselves and our families. We must be a radical part of the solution.
What skills does the next UN expert on human rights defenders need?
As the term for the current UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders comes to an end, Open Briefing and 130 partners around the world have published a checklist for the selection and appointment of Michel Forst’s successor.
Open Briefing now an intermediary for the Access Now digital security helpline
Open Briefing can now refer organisations and activists we are supporting to the Access Now digital security helpline. This 24/7 support service is available in nine languages and is free-of-charge for civil society around the world. If you are at risk, they can help you improve your digital security practices; if you are already under attack, they provide rapid-response emergency assistance.
Open Briefing joins the Vuka! coalition for civic action
Over 150 organisations have come together to combat the global crackdown on civic space. Coalition members include big players, such as Greenpeace International, Save the Children and Oxfam International; our colleagues in the protection ecosystem; and civil society organisations across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Together, we aim to secure crucial short- and long-term victories to increase civil society’s resilience to attacks and reclaim civic space.