Report for the 2021 Annual SouthernDefenders Summit

For the first time, we held the 2021 Southern Defenders two-day annual summit in a city outside our headquarters in Johannesburg and we took it to the capital city of Mozambique, Maputo. It was held in partnership with the Mozambican Human Rights Defenders Network (RMDDH), Advancing Human Rights In Southern Africa (ARISA), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for Southern Africa (OHCHR ROSA) and Amnesty International. This was symbolic of the growth and expansion of Southern Defenders. The 2021 summit was also the first to be held physically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual facilities for attendance were available, making the summit hybrid.

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Please find the report below: