SPECIAL PROCEDURES | RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY & ASSOCIATION ESSENTIAL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

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.

LGBTIQ | COMBATING THE DEHUMANISATION OF PEOPLE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY

SUDAN | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION AND MANDATES EXPERT

Sudanese human rights defender Abdulaziz Adam addresses the Human Rights Council to draw attention to the human rights situation in Sudan.
 

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION NEEDS TO BE PRIORITISED

ISHR joined dozens of organisations in a joint letter addressed to the President of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador of Austria to the UN in Geneva, Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva, and all Members and Observers of the UN Human Rights Council.

AFRICAN COMMISSION | ALERT TO NGO FORUM AND 69TH SESSION

PALESTINE | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST SUPPORT AND PROTECT CIVIL SOCIETY

Following the designation of six Palestinian civil society organisations as terrorist organisations, the international community must support, protect and ensure a safe and enabling environment for Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders.

BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS | WILL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES BRING NEW THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS?

The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the risk of human rights violations online. Do technology companies have human rights obligations? What are they? Do these private actors have a duty to promote human dignity online?

CEDAW | COMMITTEE REVIEWS EGYPT'S RECORDS ON WOMEN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY

YEMEN | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FAILURE TO RENEW INVESTIGATION IS A WAKE UP CALL

ISHR joined 34 organisations to condemn and express their profound disappointment at the Human Rights Council’s decision to discontinue the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, the only international and impartial body investigating serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law perpetrated by all parties to the armed conflict in the country.

NICARAGUA | TIME FOR THE UN TO APPOINT EXPERTS TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

After recent sham elections, NGO coalition 'Colectivo 46/2' calls on the United Nations to appoint experts to investigate gross human rights violations that have been taking place in Nicaragua since April 2018, and their root causes.

CHINA | CALL ON CHINA TO FREE DEFENDERS AND #REPEALRSDL

SURVEY | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION CAMPAIGN

ISHR will continue to campaign for competitive elections and for all States to commit to making human rights paramount in Council elections. Please help us improve the strategy and tactics of the campaign by giving 10 minutes of your time to answer our survey here before 18 November. Thank you!