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On 20 and 21 April 2026, in partnership with the Liberian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (LICHRD), the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) organised a strategic consultation on the protection of human rights defenders in Liberia.
Ahead of EU Parliament debate, UN experts have warned that China’s new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress risks violating a wide range of human rights affecting Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols and other peoples, and may create risks of transnational repression.
ISHR has filed an amicus curiae brief before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court, arguing that the Organic Law on Social Transparency imposes sweeping registration requirements, financial oversight and reporting obligations, and other burdens that unduly restrict civil society organisations and undermine the right to freedom of association.
ISHR responded to the UN Human Rights Committee’s call for input regarding a draft General Comment on Article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on the right to freedom of association, focusing on the rights of human rights defenders and civil society’s engagement with multilateral fora.
Over 90 organisations call on the Syrian transitional government and Member States of the Human Rights Council to ensure that any decisions affecting the future of the Commission of Inquiry are firmly anchored in tangible improvements in the human rights situation in Syria.
ISHR has launched a dedicated e-learning module designed to demystify the path to ECOSOC consultative status, a critical accreditation that opens doors to UN fora, including the Human Rights Council.
The 87th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) will be held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 11 to 20 May. The public session will be preceded by the NGO Forum, also in Banjul, from 7 to 9 May.
On the third anniversary of the conflict in Sudan, NGOs urge the international community to act urgently to save lives in Sudan.
Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has reunited with his family in Beijing after completing a three-year prison sentence, imposed in violation of international law, on 13 April 2026.
At the latest intersessional meetings of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on business and human rights, States, legal experts and civil society organisations discussed key articles including scope, mutual legal assistance and future implementation of the Legally Binding Instrument.
In a joint statement, ISHR and 24 human rights groups urge Chinese authorities to release arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng at the end of his sentence and ensure his full freedom.
States at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) have voted to pick the 19 members of the Committee on NGOs, electing a majority of States with grave records of repressing or obstructing civil society at home and at the UN.
