🛅Physical Security

Best Practices for Safety & Security

As Human Rights Defenders, we can sometimes find ourselves at our most vulnerable: traveling in unfamiliar terrain and potentially meeting new people or doing things we wouldn't otherwise do.

In this section, you'll discover some ways to anticipate security risks as well as measures you can put in place to prevent or respond to them.

Remember, every context has its specific dangers and every person has their specific vulnerabilities - only by identifying both of these aspects, can we determine the security risks.