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March 26, 2025
Shelter City Costa Rica abre su periodo de convocatoria – 2025
La convocatoria de candidaturas para Shelter City Costa Rica ya está abierta. Puede completar su solicitud hasta el dÃa 15 de abril del 2025 a…
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December 6, 2024
Global solidarity in the protection landscape
From 8 to 11 October, partners gathered in Georgia to reflect, rest, and reinforce their commitment to providing safe spaces for human rights defenders at…
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September 30, 2024
Luis, awarded The Albie for his journalism
On 26 September, Luis Carlos DÃaz, journalist and human rights defender from Venezuela was awarded The Albie: Justice for Journalists Award.
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September 20, 2024
Shelter City Costa Rica abre su periodo de convocatoria – octubre 2024
La convocatoria de candidaturas para Shelter City Costa Rica ya está abierta. Puede completar su solicitud hasta el 20 de octubre de 2024 a las…
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January 31, 2024
Adil Meléndez, Sir Henry Brooke Award recipient
Adil Meléndez, a former Shelter City The Hague guest, was awarded the Sir Henry Brooke award in London by the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk.
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November 28, 2023
Shelter City Utrecht guest Mona gave a lecture at University College Utrecht
Originally published by Peace Brigades International Netherlands on 9 November 2023 On Wednesday, November 1st, Mona shared her story with the students from the University…
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September 8, 2022
Impact Story: Empowering myself to empower others
This impact story is part of a 5-part series of stories from the 2022 Shelter City Impact Study.
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September 8, 2022
Impact Story: Sustaining our work for the long-term
This impact story is part of a 5-part series of stories from the 2022 Shelter City Impact Study.
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September 8, 2022
Impact Story: Re-strategizing our work
This impact story is part of a 5-part series of stories from the 2022 Shelter City Impact Study.
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July 13, 2022
Reconnecting with the Shelter City Alumni Community
During the month of June we held five regional webinars to reconnect with the members of the Shelter City Alumni Community.
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April 20, 2022
Celebrating 10 years together
This year, we celebrate 10 years of Shelter City and Shelter City The Hague.
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February 10, 2022
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs shares the story of former Shelter City guest Atoq
You can now read an article on Atoq, human rights defender and journalist from Peru, and former guest of Shelter City.
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December 9, 2021
Launch of the new Shelter City branding & website
We are happy to present our new branding and website.
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May 12, 2021
A tribute to Ileana Lacayo, Nicaraguan journalist and human rights defender
We at Shelter City want to pay tribute to former guest Ileana Lacayo, a Nicaraguan journalist and human rights defender.
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July 15, 2020
Shelter City continues supporting human rights defenders during the pandemic
We at Shelter City released a joint statement on the current state of human rights and human rights defenders, and on our continuous support.
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May 6, 2020
David Gómez Gamboa shares his experience of the limitations to academic freedom in Venezuela
Venezuelan human rights defender David explained how academic freedom is limited in the country and how he fights for more freedom and university autonomy.
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January 14, 2020
The Barcelona Guidelines for the Wellbeing of Human Rights Defenders
We happily announce the publication of the Barcelona Guidelines on the wellbeing of human rights defenders at risk.
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September 19, 2019
Shelter City has welcomed 200 human rights defenders in seven years
We at Shelter City celebrate the arrival of the 200th guest and the achievements of our movement.