Date: 11 October 2013

  [4 October 2013] -  Secretary-General's remarks at high-level event on supporting civil society: Thank you for this initiative which touches on so much of the work that brings world leaders to the United Nations this week.  I am pleased to be here to deliver this message on beh

Date: 1 October 2013

The United Nations has taken a critical step towards ending the disturbing pattern of attacks, harassment and reprisals against human rights defenders and others who cooperate with the UN.

Date: 8 July 2013

During the annual meeting of Special Procedures, NGOs called on UN human rights experts to be more forceful in holding States to account for promoting and protecting human rights.

Date: 20 June 2013

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations held its resumed session in New York from 20 to 29 May and on 7 June 2013.

Date: 10 June 2013

A draconian bill passed by the Nigerian House of Representatives would have wide-ranging impact on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and must not be signed into law, says the International Service for Human Rights.

Date: 30 May 2013

A coalition of the world’s leading human rights NGOs – including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the International Service for Human Rights – is urging the UN Human Rights Council to take action to address worsening human rights violations and civil society restrictions in Egypt.

Date: 7 May 2013

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights must take concrete steps to achieve progress and ensure accountability for the realisation of human rights, says the International Service for Human Rights at the close of the Commission's 53rd session.

Date: 2 May 2013

Since the adoption of the 2011 UN resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity, a series of regional workshops have taken place to identify challenges faced by LGBT persons, and to discuss what tools would be the most useful for an effective response.

Date: 16 April 2013

During the opening ceremony of the 53rd Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Chair, Madame Catherine Dupe Atoki, condemned any reprisals against human rights defenders engaging with the mechanism.

Date: 21 March 2013

The use and abuse of national law to impair, restrict and criminalise the work of human rights defenders is a contravention of international law and must end, according to a landmark resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council today.

Date: 12 March 2013

The Human Rights Council should unequivocally condemn the latest effort by the government of Sri Lanka to silence dissent and intimidate human rights defenders, the International Service for Human Rights said today.

Date: 1 March 2013

The UN Human Rights Council should take a strong stand against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, the International Service for Human Rights has said.

Date: 4 February 2013

A group of leading international human rights organisations, including the International Service for Human Rights and Amnesty International, have called on the UN to ensure that non-government organisations are not excluded from key UN meetings. The call was made in response to a resolution pr

Date: 26 November 2012

The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa is seeking input for a report on the challenges faced by women defenders in Africa and their protection needs. And with International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day just around the corner (29 November), now is an opportune time to provide your feedback.

Date: 23 November 2012

References to sexual orientation and gender identity were included for the first time in a General Assembly resolution condemning extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Date: 13 November 2012

On 12 November 2012, the General Assembly elected 18 members to the Human Rights Council (Council).

Date: 8 November 2012

The review of Sri Lanka during the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place on 1 November, and marked the first review since the end of the country’s civil war in 2009

Date: 3 October 2012

As the 21st session of the Human Rights Council closed, NGOs made a joint statement.

Date: 2 October 2012

In the final hours of the 66th session of the General Assembly on 17 September 2012, Member States adopted a consensus resolution extending the intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system (66/295).

Date: 2 October 2012

At its 21st session the Council held interactive dialogues with the Independent Experts on Somalia and on Sudan, and adopted resolutions on these country situations.

Date: 1 October 2012

The 21st session of the Human Rights Council closed on Friday with the adoption of a series of disappointing country resolutions.

Date: 1 October 2012

The Human Rights Council (the Council) adopted on 27 September 2012 a controversial resolution presented by the Russian Federation on traditional values and human rights.

Date: 6 September 2012

In a meeting ahead of the 21st session of the Human Rights Council, NGOs warned of potential reprisals against human rights defenders.

Date: 9 July 2012

A joint statement by NGOs was delilvered at the close of the Human Rights Council's 20th session.

Date: 13 June 2012

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Margaret Sekaggya, is seeking contributions for her report.

Date: 13 June 2012

Critics say the Committee is known for excessive politicisation and the balance of the Committee’s membership tends towards States that do not support a vibrant civil society at the UN.

Date: 1 June 2012

On 24 May 2012, the UPR working group examined the human rights situation in India.

Date: 31 May 2012

The United Kingdom was examined for the second time under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Below is a report of the discussions.

Date: 22 March 2012

The Human Rights Council held its general debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council (Item 4), on 13 March 2012. The debate saw the participation of many States and NGOs.

Date: 20 March 2012

A group of international experts on the situation of human rights defenders has urged world governments to halt reprisals against individuals and groups seeking to cooperate with the United Nations and regional human rights systems.

Date: 1 March 2012

The Human Rights Council adopts a resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria.

Date: 27 January 2012

A new report on the implementation of United Nations human rights recommendations in Colombia is being launched today (Friday 27 January) by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).   The report portrays a Colombian Government showing a more constructive attitude in its dealings

Date: 10 January 2012

The nomination process for two special procedures mandates of the UN Human Rights Council, on Syria and Sudan, will be closing shortly.

Date: 16 December 2011

Human rights organisations are welcoming the release of the first ever United Nations (UN) report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. Entitled 'Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity', t

Date: 14 November 2011

In his report to the UN General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr Anand Grover, highlights that the right to sexual and reproductive health is an essential component of the right to health.

Date: 24 October 2011

ISHR has made a joint appeal, together with 28 other international NGOs, calling on the UN General Assembly to condemn the violence in Syria.

Date: 20 October 2011

The Martin Ennals Award presentation ceremony took at Victoria Hall in Geneva on 13 October, 2011. The award was presented to Ms Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera from Uganda.

Date: 30 June 2011

During an organisational meeting of the Human Rights Council, Ms Laura Dupuy Lasserre, the Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, was elected as the new President. Ms Lasserre is the Council’s first-ever female President.

Date: 17 June 2011

On 17 June, the Human Rights Council passed the first ever Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

Date: 2 March 2011

On March 1st, the UN General Assembly suspended Libya from the Human Rights Council.

Date: 1 October 2008

In a resolution (A/HRC/9/L.26rev.1) on United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children, adopted without a vote, as orally amended, the Council requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist in raising awareness by circulatin

Date: 15 August 2008

This report incorporaets the first two sessions of the UPR in April and May 2008 and the adoption of reports by the Council in June 2008. The Overview also includes developments related to the adoption of the report of the Council up to 28 July 2008. This constitutes ISHR's most comprehensive analys

Date: 18 June 2008

A special event was organised at the Human Rights Council to celebrate the entry into  force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol on 3 May 2008. This initiative was organised by the delegations of New Zealand and Mexico. The meeting began

Date: 18 March 2008

[14 March 2008] - States and NGOs alike called for the renewal of the mandate (what is this?) of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography at the 7th session of the Human Rights Council. Uruguay as the main sponsor of the mandate started the review

Date: 18 March 2008

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Date: 5 February 2007

Date: 4 December 2006

A discussion took place on Tuesday, 4th December, at the Human Rights Council, on the basis for the Universal Periodic Review:Uruguay, on behalf of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay and Peru, stated that the inclusion of voluntary commitments in the basis of the revie

Date: 1 December 2006

The Council discussed a range of human rights issues under the item of ‘other issues’ in the afternoon session. The main themes that were focused on included a statement by Norway, on behalf of 54 States; on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity; an

From 16 October 2006 to 27 October 2006

El Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos (SIDH), American University  Washington College of Law (AUWCL) y la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), organizan el segundo curso sobre los sistemas interamericano y universal de protección de los derechos humanos, que se desa

From 16 October 2006 to 27 October 2006

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), will organise the second course on the Inter-American and the Universal human rights protection systems, parallel to de 126th sessio

Date: 18 September 2006

Date: 19 June 2006

[GENEVA, 19 June 2006] - the Human Rights Council (the Council) took place at Palais des Nations on 19 June 2006 and was opened by Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The session was attended by delegates from member and non-member States of the Human Rights Coun

Date: 16 June 2006

Informal consultations on preparations for the first session of the Human Rights CouncilGeneva 15 June 2006OverviewThe meeting was convened by the President-designate at Palais des Nations on 15 June 2006. The discussions focused on the draft programme of work for the first session of the Human Righ

Date: 14 June 2006

OverviewThe meeting was convened by the President-designate at Palais des Nations on 13 June 2006.  The consultations primarily focused on the release of the draft programme of work for the second week of the first session of the Human Rights Council. A non-paper on the development of the

Date: 13 June 2006

Date: 18 April 2006

Realizamos esta declaración en nombre de 265 organizaciones no gubernamentales. No podemos realizarlo en nombre de todas las organizaciones no gubernamentales del mundo ya que carecemos de la autorización necesaria para hacerlo. Durante los 60 años de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, las

Date: 24 March 2006

The World Summit mandated the President of the General Assembly (GA) to conduct "open, transparent and inclusive" negotiations on the establishment of a Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights (Commission). For non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the last 5 months

Date: 24 March 2006

Excitement and relief accompanied the General Assembly’s passage of its President’s draft resolution to replace the Commission on Human Rights with a new Human Rights Council. On 15 March 2006, almost a year exactly after the Secretary General had come to Geneva to condemn the Commission

Date: 9 February 2006

An overview of the negotiations on the Human Rights Council so far

Date: 3 November 2005

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is seeking views from non-government organisations on how a new Human Rights Council replacing the Commission on Human Rights should work.

From 19 March 2005 to 15 April 2005

The main objective of the course is to empower organisations in the regions by training a representative of their choice. The course is designed for experienced human rights activists and organisations that would like to use the international human rights systems in their everyday work.