ISHR and TIMEP submitted to CEDAW recommendations intended to bring Egypt in line with its constitutional and international legal obligations, and to address the root factors of violations against women.
HRC48: Women defenders engaged in the defense of the right to land, territory and indigenous rights demand that the UN and the international community recognise their key role in protecting humanity and the environment.
ISHR, Safeguard Defenders, The Rights Practice and The 29 Principles are mobilising the international community to put pressure on China to #RepealRSDL and end enforced disappearances against human rights defenders. Join our campaign!
In August 2018, a group of 10 UN human rights experts wrote a long letter to the Chinese government inquiring about the legal provisions allowing RSDL. This infographics explains and summarises the findings of the UN experts.
Last week the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association presented his report to the Third Committee of the General Assembly urging states and private sector to respect the exercise of human rights of those mobilising peacefully to address the climate crisis.
This short publication explains how to approach the UN system in cases of enforced disappearances.
Are you a French-speaking human rights defender seeking to further develop your advocacy strategies by engaging with the United Nations? Find out more through our online learning platform, the ISHR Academy, now available in French!
ISHR has published its quick guide to a model law, an essential tool for human rights defenders to protect the rights and freedoms of everyone.
Yesterday, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders presented her report at the General Assembly's Third Committee on the long-term detention of human rights defenders.
