[16] After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the organisation also worked to monitor and improve the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia throughout the conflicts of the 1990s.

Triggering the alarm transmits data about the bearer's location and personal details to enable a local and global response.

Each Natalia Project participant receives security training and develops an incident response protocol based on their specific circumstances.

[22] Program Participants: Frank Mugisha[23] (Uganda), Olena Shevchenko[24] (Ukraine), Génesis Dávila (Venezuela), Abdifatah Hassan Ali[25] (Somalia).

Their work is carried out without the use of violence and within an independent human rights organisation.”[28] Previous Defender of the Year Award recipients are: