Commentary
Richard Youngs
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EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders
The EU provides a framework to protect human rights defenders who operate in countries where rights and freedoms are comprised. For continued relevance, the guidelines must be more fully implemented and updated to reflect new challenges to human rights defenders.
Published on Aug 24, 2022
About the Author
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.
- The EU Needs a Third Way in Iran
- European Democracy Support Annual Review 2025Paper
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Richard Youngs, ed., Elena Viudes Egea, Zselyke Csaky, …
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