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@ishr.ch🌍 Join us in Dakar for a conversation bringing African and diasporic perspectives to reparations and reparatory justice.
📅 15 October 2026
🕠 5:30–6:30 PM CEST
📍 Hotel King Fahd Palace
🗣️ English & French interpretation
@ishr.ch📢 UNGA81: 17 civil society organisations presented a joint statement urging #UN Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of the Third Committee's human rights work 🇺🇳 ⚖️
@ishr.ch🎉💖 Warmest congratulations to ICJ judge Navi Pillay on winning the #NobelPeacePrize for promoting international law!!!
At ISHR we had the immense privilege of welcoming Navi as a Board Member until 2017.
We are overjoyed at this well-deserved recognition of her work!
@ishr.ch🌍 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 📜
@ishr.ch🗣️ 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 🌍
@ishr.chWho are the candidates for the #HRCelections2026? 👇
15 countries are running for 15 seats
Africa 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 🇿🇲 🇧🇮
Asia-Pacific 🇯🇵 🇯🇴 🇰🇼 🇳🇵
Latin America & the Caribbean 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇺🇾
Western Europe 🇩🇪 🇮🇪
Eastern Europe 🇲🇩 🇺🇦
@ishr.chThe success of the Council hinges on the commitment of its members to uphold and advocate for #HumanRights both domestically and internationally 🤝
Elections will take place in October, with all UN Member States voting 🗳️
@ishr.chThe Human Rights Council consists of 47 Member States tasked with strengthening the global promotion and protection of #HumanRights while addressing violations wherever they occur 🌍
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
@ishr.ch🌍 🌱 On this day, five years ago, the #UN 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.
@ishr.ch#ACHPR89 side event organised by ISHR, Front Line Defenders & Defend Defenders, moderated by @salomeishr.bsky.social
'Protecting our environment, our land and our digital space in Africa'
🗓️ Sunday 11 Oct.
🕰️ 2:30pm - 3:30pm CEST
🏡 Sama Hotel, Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal
@ishr.ch🌍 What does reparatory justice mean in practice for communities affected by the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and colonialism?
Join us in Dakar on 15 Oct for a dialogue bringing African & diasporic perspectives to reparations.
@ishr.ch#UNGA81: Key #HumanRights issues at the Third Committee
ISHR’s priorities for Oct.–Nov. 26 include protecting human rights defenders, countering reprisals & transnational repression, defending gender equality, SRHR & SOGI rights, and safeguarding UN human rights mechanisms. https://ow.ly/wfH050ZUCAO
@ishr.chThe Human Rights Council renewed the mandates of its Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela and of the OHCHR to monitor human rights in the country, at a time when global scrutiny is more needed than ever to ensure reforms respect and protect human rights.
@ishr.chThe #HRCelections2026 are approaching! 🗳️
On 13 October, States will elect 15 members to the Human Rights Council. What are the human rights records of the candidate countries?
Find out more: https://ishr.ch/toolbox/resources/hrc-elections-scorecards/
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
@ishr.chIn March 2025, GANHRI gave India’s #NHRC one year to meet the Paris Principles. With persistent concerns over accountability, transparency, pluralism and unaddressed violations, ISHR is calling for a downgrade at November’s review.
@ishr.chThe #EndReprisals campaign highlights Anna Kwok’s case: after leaving Hong Kong 🇭🇰, she continued her human rights work & #UN engagement 🌍
Authorities targeted her family, including her father’s imprisonment. Reprisals cross borders ✊ Take action: https://ow.ly/oQB250ZjnYM
@ishr.ch#ACHPR89 side event organised by ISHR, Front Line Defenders & Defend Defenders, moderated by @salomeishr.bsky.social
'Protecting our environment, our land and our digital space in Africa'
🗓️ Sunday 11 Oct.
🕰️ 2:30pm - 3:30pm CEST
🏡 Sama Hotel, Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal
@ishr.chAt the Human Rights Council #HRC63, Hong Kong defenders Carmen Lau and Anna Kwok brought their testimony of transnational repression as States renewed scrutiny of #China’s human rights record.
@ishr.chAt the Human Rights Council #HRC63, ISHR and CONTIOCAP warned that environmental destruction threatens Indigenous Peoples’ lives incl. natural and cultural heritage. States must respect their right to self-determination and end the criminalisation of Indigenous defenders.
@ishr.chAlert to the NGO Forum and 89th session of the African Commission:
🗓️ Public session #ACHPR89: 12-21 Oct.
🗓️ Training session by ISHR, Front Line Defenders & Defend Defenders: 6, 7 & 11 Oct.
🗓️ NGO Forum organised by ACDHRS: 8-10 Oct.
Check out key issues on the agenda ⬇️
https://ow.ly/k0Tz50ZTxOz
