International Service for Human Rights

ISHR is proud to be launching a new publication, the Human Rights Monitor Quarterly. It replaces the former Council Monitor, New York Monitor, Treaty Body Monitor, and UPR Monitor publications and will instead present a composite picture of key developments in the international and regional human rights systems. The Quarterly will also highlight events, meetings, and opportunities for NGO/NHRI engagement in the upcoming quarter and beyond. It will be issued three times a year in 2010 (April, July, and October).

The Quarterly is aiming to inform and support human rights defenders in their engagement with the international and regional human rights systems by providing relevant and timely information on key developments and opportunities. The new publication will also contain articles on specific and topical issues or developments relevant to the work of human rights defenders. We will often invite experts to contribute these articles to ensure the most insightful analysis of the issue.

We have also just published the 2009 version of our annual Human Rights Monitor, which will continue to examine developments and trends within the main UN human rights bodies and mechanisms covering the 12-month period from January to December of a given year and released in March of the following year. See the current edition of the annual Human Rights Monitor here (available in print shortly).