Ten years after the murder of Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres, ISHR and PBI Switzerland invite you to a special film screening and discussion featuring an edited version of the film "Water for Life", followed by a discussion with Roxanna Altholz, Camilo Bermúdez (COPINH) and director Will Parrinello. Free admission upon registration.
Organisations express concern over the censorship of civil society through the cancellation of a side event co-sponsored by ISHR, Front Line Defenders, Hegoa and the Working Group on Human Rights in Occupied Western Sahara, titled 'Ending the Silence on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Western Sahara'.
UN experts officially warned Russian authorities they were looking at allegations of laws placing strict and discriminatory burdens on the work of Indigenous rights groups and activists.
On 20 and 21 April, in partnership with the Liberian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders, ISHR organised a strategic consultation on the protection of human rights defenders in Liberia.
This event will strengthen civil society engagement and highlight the situation of Sahrawi human rights defenders.
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.
