Maldives: Report on the human rights situation for the Universal Periodic Review

Maldives: Report on the human rights situation for the Universal Periodic Review

On 7 April 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Maldives, which will be held on 5 November 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The submission, jointly produced with the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN), focuses on the following developments since the Maldives' third UPR in November 2020: threats and harassment against human rights defenders and civil society…

Important Resolution on Human rights Defenders adopted by UN Human Rights Council

Led by Norway, the resolution crucially covers new grounds and further develops States’ obligations to protect human rights defenders in the digital age. It also considers the needs expressed by human rights defenders during the consultative process leading to its negotiation and approval.  For the first time and in a major win for the human rights defenders movement, the resolution includes a reference to the Declaration +25 and is very much in…