This report highlights developments in the situation of human rights defenders in 2012. It does not aim to be comprehensive, but to illustrate some of the main global and regional trends as emerged from Front Line Defenders’ work.
The 3rd HRDF, FORUM-ASIA commemorated the 10th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders with the theme, `The 10th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: Making an assessment and planning for the future`. The 3rd HRDF brought together around 150 human rights defenders from 21 countries from all over Asia.