 The range of threats that human rights defenders face is is different across the different regions We see in many countries increased criminalization of human rights defenders more fabricated Prosecutions court processes imprisonment of human rights defenders. We also see a pattern of restrictive laws targeting registration for human rights organizations targeting funding for human rights organizations We see smear campaigns and defamation campaigns particularly affecting women human rights defenders and vendors of LGBTI rights And then we also see an increased number of killings of human rights defenders and increased use of violence against human rights defenders particularly those working on land rights environmental rights and indigenous peoples rights often in the context of Extractive industries or mega projects where they are defending their land and those who are trying to exploit those resources are Resulting to violence to get their way. We have government leaders who attack human rights We live in a world where more and more Government leaders are willing to to overtly attack the very idea of international human rights and who also defame those Who seek to defend human rights and we need to try and change that we need Political leadership that says that's not acceptable that the universal declaration of human rights was something that was reaffirmed by all government There are international human rights standards that apply to all government We need to try and start building a more effective system to hold those who violate human rights more to account