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We’re launching our annual fundraiser to support human rights defenders worldwide! Defenders stand up for justice, equality, and dignity for all. 🌍
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’re launching our annual fundraiser to support human rights defenders worldwide! Defenders stand up for justice, equality, and dignity for all. 🌍
Because its recommendations are often adopted by default at the Fifth Committee, a handful of members can dramatically reshape the UN budget, often to the detriment of human rights.
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because its recommendations are often adopted by default at the Fifth Committee, a handful of members can dramatically reshape the UN budget, often to the detriment of human rights.
The UN spends billions every year but its human rights pillar remains the least resourced. OHCHR receives just under 7% of the UN regular budget and less than 1% of the total budget including voluntary contributions. That makes it the lowest of the UN’s 3 pillars: peace, development, & human rights.
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The UN spends billions every year but its human rights pillar remains the least resourced. OHCHR receives just under 7% of the UN regular budget and less than 1% of the total budget including voluntary contributions. That makes it the lowest of the UN’s 3 pillars: peace, development, & human rights.
Exclusive: States are working behind the scenes in New York to defund human rights at the UN 🇺🇳
New ISHR research shows how powerful States like China 🇨🇳 Russia 🇷🇺 and the US 🇺🇲 use UN budget committee to undermine UN’s ability to protect human rights around the world.
Let’s unpack the key findings 👇
New ISHR research shows how powerful States like China 🇨🇳 Russia 🇷🇺 and the US 🇺🇲 use UN budget committee to undermine UN’s ability to protect human rights around the world.
Let’s unpack the key findings 👇
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Exclusive: States are working behind the scenes in New York to defund human rights at the UN 🇺🇳
New ISHR research shows how powerful States like China 🇨🇳 Russia 🇷🇺 and the US 🇺🇲 use UN budget committee to undermine UN’s ability to protect human rights around the world.
Let’s unpack the key findings 👇
New ISHR research shows how powerful States like China 🇨🇳 Russia 🇷🇺 and the US 🇺🇲 use UN budget committee to undermine UN’s ability to protect human rights around the world.
Let’s unpack the key findings 👇
📢ISHR launches a major report uncovering how #China and #Russia are working behind the scenes in New York to cut funding for #UN #HumanRights work, while the #US is gutting the UN’s budget overall. This video is a summary of what we found:
https://youtube.com/shorts/kqBLQ0NsUII?si=Zf34aDxLU9KnX256
https://youtube.com/shorts/kqBLQ0NsUII?si=Zf34aDxLU9KnX256
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢ISHR launches a major report uncovering how #China and #Russia are working behind the scenes in New York to cut funding for #UN #HumanRights work, while the #US is gutting the UN’s budget overall. This video is a summary of what we found:
https://youtube.com/shorts/kqBLQ0NsUII?si=Zf34aDxLU9KnX256
https://youtube.com/shorts/kqBLQ0NsUII?si=Zf34aDxLU9KnX256
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🔥Today, ISHR presents its findings on how States are working behind the scenes to defund the UN’s human rights work.
➡️Don’t miss our event, register now!
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#UN80Initiative #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
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#UN80Initiative #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🔥Today, ISHR presents its findings on how States are working behind the scenes to defund the UN’s human rights work.
➡️Don’t miss our event, register now!
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#UN80Initiative #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
➡️Don’t miss our event, register now!
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#UN80Initiative #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
📢Tomorrow ISHR will present its findings on how States are working behind the scenes to defund the UN’s human rights work. Stay tuned!
#UN80 #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
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#UN80 #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
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October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
📢Tomorrow ISHR will present its findings on how States are working behind the scenes to defund the UN’s human rights work. Stay tuned!
#UN80 #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
👉 Registration and more info:
ishr.ch/events/launc...
#UN80 #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights
👉 Registration and more info:
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Join us this Monday for 'Enforced Disappearance and Reparations'.
📅 20 Oct | 🕒 11:00hrs - 12:00hrs |📍 Press Room, International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul
📅 20 Oct | 🕒 11:00hrs - 12:00hrs |📍 Press Room, International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Join us this Monday for 'Enforced Disappearance and Reparations'.
📅 20 Oct | 🕒 11:00hrs - 12:00hrs |📍 Press Room, International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul
📅 20 Oct | 🕒 11:00hrs - 12:00hrs |📍 Press Room, International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul
🇮🇳 As India joins the UN Human Rights Council, a new scorecard reveals its ongoing failure to engage with the UN human rights system. Time for real action. #India #HumanRights #HRC
October 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🇮🇳 As India joins the UN Human Rights Council, a new scorecard reveals its ongoing failure to engage with the UN human rights system. Time for real action. #India #HumanRights #HRC
Join us this Saturday for 'NGO Forum, African Commission on Human and Peoples's Rights.'
📅 18 Oct | 🕒 3:00pm |📍 Sir Dawda Kairaba International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul, The Gambia
📅 18 Oct | 🕒 3:00pm |📍 Sir Dawda Kairaba International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul, The Gambia
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Join us this Saturday for 'NGO Forum, African Commission on Human and Peoples's Rights.'
📅 18 Oct | 🕒 3:00pm |📍 Sir Dawda Kairaba International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul, The Gambia
📅 18 Oct | 🕒 3:00pm |📍 Sir Dawda Kairaba International Conference Centre, Kololi, Banjul, The Gambia
Join us tomorrow at 'Civic space under threat' to discuss the crisis of the global aid system and the right to assembly and association.
📅 15 Oct | 🕒 1:15pm |📍 UN Headquarters, New York
📅 15 Oct | 🕒 1:15pm |📍 UN Headquarters, New York
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join us tomorrow at 'Civic space under threat' to discuss the crisis of the global aid system and the right to assembly and association.
📅 15 Oct | 🕒 1:15pm |📍 UN Headquarters, New York
📅 15 Oct | 🕒 1:15pm |📍 UN Headquarters, New York
Join us at the round table discussion on World Food Day.
'When mining and agribusiness cause hunger: can the UN protect rural communities against globalised companies?'
📅 17 Oct | 🕒16:30-18:00 |📍 Graduate Institute (IHEID), Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
'When mining and agribusiness cause hunger: can the UN protect rural communities against globalised companies?'
📅 17 Oct | 🕒16:30-18:00 |📍 Graduate Institute (IHEID), Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Join us at the round table discussion on World Food Day.
'When mining and agribusiness cause hunger: can the UN protect rural communities against globalised companies?'
📅 17 Oct | 🕒16:30-18:00 |📍 Graduate Institute (IHEID), Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
'When mining and agribusiness cause hunger: can the UN protect rural communities against globalised companies?'
📅 17 Oct | 🕒16:30-18:00 |📍 Graduate Institute (IHEID), Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
📣 Ahead of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission (21–30 Oct), we’re excited to share that the Road map to the African Commission is now available in Arabic!
👉 Accessible here: ishr.ch/defenders-to...
It's also available in English and French.
#ACHPR85 #HumanRights
👉 Accessible here: ishr.ch/defenders-to...
It's also available in English and French.
#ACHPR85 #HumanRights
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📣 Ahead of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission (21–30 Oct), we’re excited to share that the Road map to the African Commission is now available in Arabic!
👉 Accessible here: ishr.ch/defenders-to...
It's also available in English and French.
#ACHPR85 #HumanRights
👉 Accessible here: ishr.ch/defenders-to...
It's also available in English and French.
#ACHPR85 #HumanRights
‘Water is to protected. Water is not for sale. Water is to be defended.’ Meet Doris Ramírez, a fisherwoman and fisherfolk’s union representative from Guatemala’s southern coast. After her husband’s passing, she embraced activism to defend her community.
🌊✊Read her story: ishr.ch/defender-sto...
🌊✊Read her story: ishr.ch/defender-sto...
October 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
‘Water is to protected. Water is not for sale. Water is to be defended.’ Meet Doris Ramírez, a fisherwoman and fisherfolk’s union representative from Guatemala’s southern coast. After her husband’s passing, she embraced activism to defend her community.
🌊✊Read her story: ishr.ch/defender-sto...
🌊✊Read her story: ishr.ch/defender-sto...
❓❔ #HRCelections2025: Find all the questions submitted to candidate States ahead of our pledging event with @amnesty.org on 4 September, including those to candidates who did not participate in the event.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
❓❔ #HRCelections2025: Find all the questions submitted to candidate States ahead of our pledging event with @amnesty.org on 4 September, including those to candidates who did not participate in the event.
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🚨Tomorrow at #HRC60!
Join us for '15 Years of Reprisal in the MENA Region'. 🗓 25 Sept | ⏰ 2 – 3 PM | 📍 Room XI, Palais des Nations.
#HumanRights
Join us for '15 Years of Reprisal in the MENA Region'. 🗓 25 Sept | ⏰ 2 – 3 PM | 📍 Room XI, Palais des Nations.
#HumanRights
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨Tomorrow at #HRC60!
Join us for '15 Years of Reprisal in the MENA Region'. 🗓 25 Sept | ⏰ 2 – 3 PM | 📍 Room XI, Palais des Nations.
#HumanRights
Join us for '15 Years of Reprisal in the MENA Region'. 🗓 25 Sept | ⏰ 2 – 3 PM | 📍 Room XI, Palais des Nations.
#HumanRights
At #WHRDAdvocacyWeek, women defenders are strengthening their skills through various activities. Today, they also gathered for an NGO breakfast, creating space to share experiences and build networks. Together, they are receiving information on how to use global mechanisms to protect #HumanRights.
September 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
At #WHRDAdvocacyWeek, women defenders are strengthening their skills through various activities. Today, they also gathered for an NGO breakfast, creating space to share experiences and build networks. Together, they are receiving information on how to use global mechanisms to protect #HumanRights.
Join us this afternoon for 'Women Human Rights Defenders: Documenting to Protect'. A discussion on how documentation can serve as a protection strategy from an intersectional perspective.
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Join us this afternoon for 'Women Human Rights Defenders: Documenting to Protect'. A discussion on how documentation can serve as a protection strategy from an intersectional perspective.
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
This week is made possible by a powerful coalition of partners: @amnesty.org, Front Line Defenders, WHRD MENA Coalition, WHRDIC, Peace Brigades International, AWID, JASS, IM-Defensoras, Urgent Action Fund, together with ISHR.
September 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This week is made possible by a powerful coalition of partners: @amnesty.org, Front Line Defenders, WHRD MENA Coalition, WHRDIC, Peace Brigades International, AWID, JASS, IM-Defensoras, Urgent Action Fund, together with ISHR.
🔥 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek has kicked off in Geneva! Ten women human rights defenders are here to advance Indigenous Peoples’ rights, climate justice, and environmental protection. Meet them and follow their advocacy this week.
September 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🔥 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek has kicked off in Geneva! Ten women human rights defenders are here to advance Indigenous Peoples’ rights, climate justice, and environmental protection. Meet them and follow their advocacy this week.
Join us this Wednesday for 'Women Human Rights Defenders: Documenting to Protect'. A discussion on how documentation can serve as a protection strategy from an intersectional perspective.
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us this Wednesday for 'Women Human Rights Defenders: Documenting to Protect'. A discussion on how documentation can serve as a protection strategy from an intersectional perspective.
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
🗓️ 24 Sep | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI
#HRC60 #WHRDAdvocacyWeek