Human Rights Monitor Quarterly

The latest edition of the Human Rights Monitor Quarterly is now online. Read it here.

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Committee against Torture - Live Webcast Now

The 48th session of the Committee against Torture is being webcast live now! Watch it here.

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2012 Martin Ennals Award: nominees announced

The 2012 Martin Ennals Award nominees have just been announced. Find out more here.

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Human rights defenders convene in Cairo

An ISHR training and consultation on the United Nations and African human rights systems for human rights defenders from the Middle East and North Africa, began in Cairo on Friday 13 April. However, a prominent Bahraini human rights defender was deported following arrival in Egypt.

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A reinvigorated Human Rights Council ends its 19th session

Photo: UN/Jean-Marc Ferré

On 23 March the Human Rights Council concluded its 19th session. The four weeks of meetings in Geneva were marked by a series of positive developments, particularly with regard to the Council’s response to country situations.

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ISHR's mandate: to support human rights defenders

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is an international NGO that supports human rights defenders in their work by providing them with training, information, and strategic advice. ISHR is also involved in advocacy for the improvement of international and regional human rights systems, aiming to make these systems more responsive to the needs of human rights defenders.

Through our extensive training courses in Geneva and in countries, we help human rights defenders to engage with the UN and regional human rights systems. Human rights defenders who have already attended our courses and successfully used international and regional protection mechanisms for human rights defenders have some great success stories to share. We complement our trainings with information, simple guides, and analysis on the UN and regional systems.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 11:42

Upcoming meetings and events

Several meetings of UN and regional human rights bodies will take place in the coming months, including:

48^th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (30 April - 18 May, Geneva)
11^th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (7 - 18 May, New York)
48^th session of the Committee against Torture (7 May - 1 June, Geneva)
13^th session of the Universal Periodic Review (21 May - 4 June, Geneva)

For more information about these opportunities and how you can get involved, click here.

Last Updated on Monday, 07 May 2012 17:56

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