The Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Malta: Good Practices and Protection Gaps

This report provides a summary of ODIHR’s findings from the visit to Malta in March 2023, in which ODIHR held dozens of meetings with State and civil society stakeholders, supported by desk research. In this context, ODIHR collected information about the good practices and gaps in the protection of the physical integrity, liberty, security and dignity of HRDs, and other aspects of a safe and enabling environment for human rights work. Besides offering assistance to Malta, ODIHR seeks to use the findings more broadly to assist participating States across the OSCE region on measures they could take to advance the situation of HRDs.