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Events

Check out our upcoming events and join the latest human rights discussions!

Together with key partners, ISHR regularly organises events in order to amplify human rights defenders’ voices and ensure they have a seat at the table when it comes to denouncing abuses and crafting solutions to the world’s challenges.

Past events

Women human rights defenders: Documenting to protect

In a context of increasing and sustained violence against women human rights defenders around the world, especially those defending land and territory, this event proposes a dialogue about documentation as a protection strategy from an intersectional perspective.

Packed with Courage: stories of human rights defenders banned from travelling

Listen to the stories of four human rights defenders who have been banned from travelling by their own governments simply for trying to cooperate with the United Nations. Join us on Place des Nations on 16 September. Will you guess which suitcase belongs to whom?

The systemic nature of arbitrary detention in China

This side event will share findings and analysis of the use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance in China and its chilling effects on human rights advocacy, assess shortcomings in China’s actions, and propose recommendations for action by the international community.

Human Rights Council Elections 2025: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership

In advance of the Human Rights Council elections that will take place this autumn for the membership term 2026-2028, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights will hold an online pledging event for candidate States on 4 September 2025.

Defenders' voices on reforming the UN human rights system

This event provides a space to be hearing directly from human rights defendes not only about why they need an effective, efficient, responsive UN human rights system to support their activism especially in the current context, but also about the ways in which the UN system needs to grow, evolve, adapt and reform itself to deal with the crisis of credibility and legitimacy it is currently facing

To be seen, heard and recognised: the defenders of island countries of Africa

Join us for the launch of the Islands Report published by ISHR, highlighting the realities, needs, and concrete support strategies for human rights defenders.