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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.

Reception to launch the Declaration +25

Reception to launch the Declaration +25

Our organisations are hosting a reception on the sidelines of the UNGA Third Committee to launch the Declaration +25 and to reaffirm the #Right2DefendRights, with remarks by Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.

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Reprisals and restrictions on civil society cooperation with the UN

Reprisals and restrictions on civil society cooperation with the UN

This event aims to raise awareness of how countries like China, India, Bahrain, and Vietnam retaliate against those cooperating with the UN and restrict civil society's engagement.

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Weaponising counter-terrorism and national security to imprison defenders

Weaponising counter-terrorism and national security to imprison defenders

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

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Past events

Perspectives of the Afro-Brazilian community directly affected by police violence in Brazil

The panelists will discuss their personal experiences with structural racism in Brazil, what is happening more broadly in their states/cities, the Black movements and activism in the country regarding this theme and what solutions Black communities in Brazil are seeking.

Xinjiang: Supporting victims and advancing the implementation of UN recommendations

This event provides an opportunity to revisit the recommendations from and across the UN system, discuss strategies for their implementation, support victims and their families, and advance accountability for these grave crimes.

The Illusion of Abundance: Film screening & panel discussion

Join us for a screening of The Illusion of Abundance, a powerful documentary highlighting the courageous efforts of Latin American activists fighting to protect their land against multinational exploitation.

Human Rights Council Elections 2024: 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 2025-2027, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights will hold an online pledging event for candidate States on 4 September 2024.

Launch of the Declaration +25

Following a year-long period of consultations with defenders, legal analysis and a meeting of experts, we are thrilled to launch the Declaration +25, a civil society-led authoritative document endorsed by experts.

'But we must try!': Cao Shunli, the unsilenceable legacy

Join our photo exhibition to pay tribute to Cao Shunli and honour Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong defenders who hold the Chinese government accountable.