ESPERANZA PROTOCOL

Through the Esperanza Protocol, we want to encourage States across the world to design policy measures for the protection of human rights defenders that incorporate the investigation of threats. Beyond general standards of due diligence developed for the investigation of grave human rights violations, few concrete guidelines for the investigation of threats exist to date... For thirty years, CEJIL has worked alongside human rights defenders, standing up against serious violations of human rights. CEJIL's development of legal standards and collaboration with the universal and Inter-American legal systems, the academic world, and other key actors in the administration of justice makes it well-positioned to lead this initiative and gather different perspectives to consider novel and proactive structural strategies for the protection of human rights defenders globally... For the effective investigation of threats against human rights defenders The Esperanza Protocol imagines a future for..

Also known as: The Esperanza Protocol