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Liu Xiaobo bust to be dedicated at the University of Galway

Art for Human Rights and Human Rights in China (HRIC) announced on 5 September that a bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, which they had commissioned, will be donated to the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the University of Galway and unveiled on 11 September 2024. The project was conducted in partnership with ISHR and other human rights organisations.

HRC57: Key issues on the agenda of the September 2024 session

The 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council (9 September - 11 October) will consider issues including intimidation and reprisals for cooperating with the UN, arbitrary detention, systemic racism, enforced disappearances, climate change, water and sanitation, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and people of African descent, among others.

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