International Service for Human Rights

10/12/2026

TOMORROW: Side event on in the Binding Treaty, co-sponsored by ISHR:

📅 Tuesday 13 October
⏲️ 9:00 am - 10:00 am CEST
🏡 Room XI, Palais des Nations, Geneva

10/12/2026

🗳️ TOMORROW ! The Member States are set to elect 15 new members to the UN Human Rights Council

15 candidates are running for 15 seats — all with room for improvement 🌍

🔗 https://ow.ly/ClB150ZUQxZ



UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

For many victims and activists, the Human Rights Council is a vital platform for denouncing abuses of power and achieving progress in their countries. Its

10/12/2026

🥰 Throwback to July 2014: ISHR and partners hosted a farewell reception, at the end of her mandate, for then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and 2026 winner, Navi Pillay!

⬇️ Discover civil society tributes reflecting on her work and achievements back then:

https://ishr.ch/latest-updates/civil-society-pays-tribute-to-un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/

10/12/2026

🇺🇳 : 185 civil society organisations call on States to reaffirm their political and financial commitment to the treaty bodies

At the Human Rights Council's 63rd session, 185 civil society organisations urged States to reaffirm their commitment to the UN treaty bodies, warning that chronic underfunding and the liquidity crisis threaten the system's ability to protect rights-holders.

🔗 https://ow.ly/gH2A50ZVWbX

10/09/2026

📢 UNGA81: Civil society calls for improved quality, accessibility and effectiveness of Third Committee's human rights work 🇺🇳

Seventeen civil society organisations presented a joint statement urging Member States to ensure the General Assembly's Third Committee improves quality, accessibility and effectiveness of its human rights work.

🔗 https://ow.ly/w76j50ZVVP9

10/09/2026

🎉💖 Warmest congratulations to ICJ judge Navi Pillay on winning the for promoting international law!!!

At ISHR we had the immense privilege of welcoming Navi as a Board Member until 2017.

An anti-apartheid lawyer in South Africa, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former judge of the International Criminal Court, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and former Chair of the UN commission that concluded on reasonable grounds that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, her contributions to human rights are too many to count.

We are overjoyed at this well-deserved recognition of her work!

10/09/2026

🌍 Durban at 25: public security, racial justice and responses to multiple crises

A quart of a century after its launch, civil society continues to mobilise around the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 📜

🔗 https://ow.ly/H79550ZVVJh

10/08/2026

🗣️ HRC63: Civil society presents key takeaways from the session

At the 63rd Human Rights Council session, civil society organisations shared reflections on key outcomes and highlighted gaps in addressing crucial issues and situations 🌍

🔗 https://ow.ly/Bjeo50ZVYgB

10/08/2026

🌍 🌱 Five years since the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

On this day, five years ago, the Human Rights Council recognised the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. ISHR calls on States to protect the defenders who help advance this right

🔗 https://ow.ly/ApCb50ZVVrG

10/07/2026

🌍 What does reparatory justice mean in practice for communities affected by the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and colonialism?

Join us in Dakar for a conversation exploring African and diasporic perspectives on reparations and how international and African frameworks can support concrete action.

📅 15 October 2026
🕠 5:30–6:30 PM CEST
📍 Hotel King Fahd Palace, Dakar
🗣️ English & French interpretation

Co-hosted by the International Service for Human Rights and Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum

🔗 https://ow.ly/4XmU50ZVu6r