Created in 2005, the West African Network of Human Rights Defenders (ROADDH) covers Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Guinea Bissau. The organization’s Secretariat is based in Lomé, Togo. ROADDH is a member of the steering committee of the NGO forum as a prelude to the sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Human Rights Council Network, a network of NGOs which carry out advocacy actions with the Council of Human Rights of the United Nations.

Themes
Courts Systems
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Policing
#PoorNotGuilty
Pre-trial Detention
Prisons
Protests
Torture
People Groups
Children & Young People
People in Detention
People with Disabilities
Elderly People
People experiencing Homelessness or live in informal settlements
Informal Workers
LGBTQIA+ persons
People affected by Displacement (including migrants and refugees)
People experiencing Poverty
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
Women and Girls
Approach
Capacity Building
Law Reform
Strategic Litigation
Research
Policy Reform
Country(ies)
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Regions
Africa