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NHRI | ISHR launches research on the potential of National Human Rights Institutions to serve as protection mechanisms for human rights defenders

06 April 2021

ISHR is pleased to launch its latest research exploring the extent to which national human rights institutions could act as national protection mechanisms as part of the implementation of national human rights defender protection laws in selected West African countries.

Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

01 March 2007

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity were developed by a group of 29 international human rights experts following an experts’ meeting held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 9 November 2006.

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