Supporting Human Rights Defenders: A Guide to Conducting Assessment Missions

This is a handbook for those embarking on an assessment of how to best assist human rights defenders either in a particular country or a region within a country. It is intended to guide a team in executing an assessment of how to create effective programs (e.g. capacity building training, financial assistance, advocacy support, etc) to assist human rights defenders (HRDs). Such a sensitive and critical program demands a tailoring to the needs and desires of the human rights defenders themselves and to the nuances of the country.