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Events

Check out our upcoming events and join the latest human rights discussions!

Together with key partners, ISHR regularly organises events in order to amplify human rights defenders’ voices and ensure they have a seat at the table when it comes to denouncing abuses and crafting solutions to the world’s challenges.

Human Rights Council Elections 2025: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership

Human Rights Council Elections 2025: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership

In advance of the Human Rights Council elections that will take place this autumn for the membership term 2026-2028, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights will hold an online pledging event for candidate States on 4 September 2025.

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Past events

Defenders' voices on reforming the UN human rights system

This event provides a space to be hearing directly from human rights defendes not only about why they need an effective, efficient, responsive UN human rights system to support their activism especially in the current context, but also about the ways in which the UN system needs to grow, evolve, adapt and reform itself to deal with the crisis of credibility and legitimacy it is currently facing

To be seen, heard and recognised: the defenders of island countries of Africa

Join us for the launch of the Islands Report published by ISHR, highlighting the realities, needs, and concrete support strategies for human rights defenders.

Protection of defenders against new and emerging forms of technology-facilitated rights violations

This event discusses the reality and challenges that human rights defenders face in the context of new and emerging technologies. It also helps remind States about the range of obligations in this field that can contribute to inform the consultations on the HRC58 resolution on human rights defenders.

Film screening: In search of my sister

On 9 December, Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, a screening of In Search of My Sister followed by a panel discussion on Uyghur human rights was organised.

Weaponising counter-terrorism and national security to imprison defenders

This event addressed the misuse of counterterrorism policies to oppress human rights defenders.

Launching the Declaration +25 at the African Commission

Our organisations are hosting an event on the sidelines of the 81st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to launch the Declaration +25 and to reaffirm the #Right2DefendRights.