Hugo Gabbero

Hugo Gabbero is the Director of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Desk at the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), from where he works in the implementation of human rights defenders protection strategies and activities worldwide in cooperation with FIDH thematic and regional desks, international and executive board members, as well as member organisations and partners on the ground. Over the past years, he has carried out a number of field missions on the situation of human rights defenders, such as in Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and the Philippines. He also drafted and coordinated a range of thematic and country studies concerning legal frameworks and practical restrictions affecting civil society worldwide, following-up on fact-finding missions, trial observations and advocacy trips. He is in daily contact with human rights defenders in danger from around the world, and is in charge of assistance, capacity-building and mobilisation programmes to support those most at risk. He also regularly interacts with institutional stakeholders dedicated to the protection of human rights defenders, at the global and regional levels.