HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND EXPERTS SHARE PRIORITIES FOR HIGH COMMISSIONER VOLKER TÜRK

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk took up his mandate on 17 October 2022. We are keen to ensure that his priorities and approach are informed by the expertise and perspectives of human rights defenders and, for this purpose, compiled a collection of views to help shape a human rights defender agenda for his mandate.

ALGERIA'S WHITEWASHING AT THE UN CALLED OUT BY HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS AT UPR

UN member States have the obligation to scrutinise the government’s misleading claims about human rights when discussing Algeria’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN.
 

FEARS GROW FOR SAUDI DETAINEES AWAITING TRIAL OR SENTENCING

ISHR joins NGOs calling on the international community to intensify efforts to press the Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those who are unjustly and arbitrarily detained in the kingdom for peacefully exercising their fundamental freedoms. 

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER STORY: BONNIE FLORENCIA SHARIFF FROM MADAGASCAR

Bonnie Florencia Shariff, a woman human rights defender from Madagascar, speaks about the importance of inclusive societies in a world that is becoming increasingly globalised. 
 

ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF COUP: SUDAN MUST END SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

A year after the military takeover, Sudanese women are facing an unprecedented crisis with escalating gender-based violence, conflicts, hunger and political instability. Women protesters continue to lead resistance movements at the frontlines, demanding sustainable democratic change.
 

INTERVIEW WITH BEN BUCKLAND, VISUAL HUMAN RIGHTS STORYTELLER AND ISHR SUPPORTER

Get to know one of ISHR’s close supporters, Ben Buckland. Buckland shares details of how he first got interested in photography, the challenges and joys in capturing human rights-related images, his projects, and why he supports ISHR.