German activist and researcher Johannes Rohr filed an individual complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee after being unlawfully expelled from Russia only weeks after he publicly criticised Russian authorities’ treatment of their Indigenous communities.
In its report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan detailed the immense suffering of the Sudanese people, concluding that the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and their allies are responsible for large-scale violations, many of which amount to international crimes.
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.
With international accountability urgently needed, and amid intensifying post-election repression, the UN Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 29 national and international organisations defending human rights in Venezuela said today.
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued today a rare public statement on his Office’s work on China, marking two years since the release of its groundbreaking report on the grave human rights situation in the Uyghur region (Xinjiang).
Pressure is increasing on the Venezuelan authorities as human rights bodies and States in the region and beyond denounce repression and call for respect of rights. At the upcoming Human Rights Council session, the push for the respect of rights must continue with the renewal of key mandates.
ISHR joins calls for all violence and repression against protestors at the hands of law enforcement and armed 'colectivos' to cease and for the Maduro government to take urgent steps to ensure the right to protest.
Given the lack of transparency around the Presidential election in Venezuela, NGOs call on the international community to insist on independent verification of electoral results.
This report examines the troubling trend of reprisals against civil society actors by the People’s Republic of China, particularly those engaging with UN human rights mechanisms. It highlights the systematic measures taken by the Chinese government to suppress civil society's engagement with international bodies, under the guise of national security.
Ahead of a landmark UN summit to reinvigorate multilateral cooperation, the latest draft of the expected outcome document, the Pact for the Future, must better address key threats and challenges to human rights around the world.
