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Human Rights Monitor

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This month, as the 56th session of the Human Rights Council starts, we invite you to join a range of insightful events. We call for the renewal of a UN mandate dedicated to racial justice and equality, and for urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan. Last but not least, we celebrate 10 years of our flagship Human Rights Defender Advocacy Programme!

UPCOMING EVENTS

LAUNCH OF THE DECLARATION +25

Following a year-long period of consultations with defenders, legal analysis and a meeting of experts, we are thrilled to launch the Declaration +25, a civil society-led authoritative document endorsed by experts that supplements the UN Declaration on human rights defenders. JOIN US >

HRC56 SIDE EVENTS CO-SPONSORED BY ISHR

ISHR will co-sponsor the below side events which will take place in room XXV:

19 June at 11:00: Open Society Institute will hold a side event on the importance of coordinated accountability strategies for women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan. Download the flyer.
19 June at 15:00: American Civil Liberties Union will hold a side event on racial injustice in the United States of America. Download the flyer.
20 June at 14:00: Hydropower protests in Tibet. Download the flyer.
20 June at 15:00: What's next after China's UPR? Download the flyer.
21 June at 11:00: Summit for the Future? Civil society must reclaim the United Nations. Download the flyer.
25 June at 16:00: Center for Justice and International Law will hold a side event on the importance of the 2024 High Court election process in Guatemala for the recovery of the justice system.
26 June at 14:00: Amnesty International will hold a side event on the protection of freedom of expression and assembly.
27 June at 14:00: International Bar Association will hold a side event on gender apartheid: Case studies.
3 July at 12:00: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung will hold a side event on climate change and human mobility.
3 July at 17:00: Third World Network will hold a side event on business accountability in the context of armed conflict.
4 July at 15:00: Earthjustice will hold a side event on protection of environmental human rights defenders.

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PLEDGING EVENT

In advance of the Human Rights Council elections that will take place this autumn for the membership term 2025-2027, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights will hold an online pledging event for candidate States on 4 September 2024. JOIN US >

SUDAN: UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST TAKE URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT CIVILIANS

Over a hundred civil society groups and organisations urge the UN Security Council to take urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan. READ MORE >

INCLUSIVE PROTECTION MECHANISM VITAL FOR THE PROTECTION OF DEFENDERS

Participants in a two-day workshop on the operationalisation of the defenders’ protection mechanism in Côte d’Ivoire developed an action plan centred around four pillars to strengthen the visibility of the Committee and its collaboration with civil society organisations, among others. READ MORE >

A CALL FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IN POLICING

The Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) is up for renewal during the 56th session of the Human Rights Council (18 June - 12 July). The UN Antiracism Coalition (UNARC) calls for this crucial mandate to be renewed. READ MORE >

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF HRDAP WITH THE 2024 COHORT!

This year marks ten years of ISHR's flagship training, the Human Rights Defender Advocacy Programme (HRDAP), which engages defenders in intensive hybrid training on UN advocacy. We are pleased to welcome a new group to Geneva for the tenth edition of the programme! READ MORE >

US LAWMAKER THREATS AGAINST THE ICC VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Threats by US lawmakers of retaliation against the International Criminal Court, as well as those that cooperate with it, in relation to potential charges against senior Israeli officials violate international law. READ MORE >

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER STORY: SAYED AHMED ALWADAEI

‘All we are asking for are the most basic rights. We hope to see Bahrain healing from over a decade of ordeal, of repression, of imprisonment, of torture, into a State where individuals can challenge their State without fear,’ says Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei, a human rights defender from Bahrain and the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). READ MORE >

CAMPAIGNS

#HRCelections2024: ASK QUESTIONS TO CANDIDATES!

Nineteen countries are running for a seat at the Human Rights Council. All of them need to improve their human rights record. Submit your questions to candidates to ask about their records and concrete intention to uphold human rights. READ MORE >