The report re-enforces what we've learned in our nearly 30 years of resourcing frontline activists: to sustain themselves and their movements, defenders need flexible and abundant funding and fewer bureaucracies and administrative burdens.

"The share of total Official Development Assistance dedicated to HRD support continues to shrink, now at just 0.10%. Between 2021 and 2023, public donors contributed $612 million to HRDs. Despite growing threats and existing commitments to civic space, HRDs remain structurally underfunded..."

"The increasing shrinking space for human rights work has led to an escalation in the targeting of human rights defenders, placing them in grave danger and deliberately obstructing their efforts to support victims of violations, speak out, organise, and improve respect for human rights by all."