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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.

Upcoming events

UN80 Initiative: implications of the UN reform for national and regional human rights NGOs (session for Americas & Africa)

This webinar explains what the UN80 reform process means and how it may affect NGOs and human rights defenders engaging with UN human rights mechanisms and working in the Americas and Africa.

UN80 Initiative: implications of the UN reform for national and regional human rights NGOs (session for Europe & Asia-Pacific)

This webinar explains what the UN80 reform process means and how it may affect NGOs and human rights defenders engaging with UN human rights mechanisms and working in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Past events

Tackling the protection gap: Host States’ responsibility to prevent and respond to transnational repression

This event brings together defenders and UN experts to discuss the international human rights law obligations of States in respect of transnational repression against individuals and groups within their territory, as well as the strengthening of international standards, and gaps arising from shortcomings in their implementation domestically.

The critical role of human rights defenders in seeking solutions to environmental and social harms in the context of business activities

As the world faces a convergence of interlinked crises, this event will highlight the critical role of human rights defenders in seeking solutions and explore practices of safe and meaningful engagement while also identifying the challenges faced in different business contexts.

Nicaragua: Between prison, exile, and transnational repression

This UNGA80 side event seeks to make visible the continuing repression in Nicaragua, to give a voice to victims and affected communities, and to strengthen avenues for international protection and accountability.

Report launch: (De)funding human rights at a time of UN reform

This public event is an opportunity to discover ISHR’s new report, 'Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights', that uncovers how a small group of States - led by China and Russia - have coordinated efforts to block and slash funding for the UN’s human rights work through political manoeuvring and influence.

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?