26 April 2023 OPEN LETTER TO PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER AND OBSERVER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND) Excellencies, In light of the unfolding...
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Over 150 Organizations Demand International Community Stand Against Raids and Closures of 7 Palestinian Organizations
22 August 2022 Amid Israel’s escalating attacks targeting their work, a group of more than 150 Palestinian, regional, and international organizations express our full solidarity with the designated...
Carta abierta al Secretario General sobre el proceso de nombramiento del nuevo Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos. (22 de junio 2022)
Acerca de: el nombramiento del próximo o la próxima titular del cargo de Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos Estimado Secretario General, El cargo de Alto Comisionado para...
Lettre ouverte au Secrétaire général pour le processus de nomination du/de la prochain⋅e Haut⋅e Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme (22 juin 2022)
Concerne: La nomination du/de la prochain⋅e Haut⋅e Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme Cher Secrétaire général, Le poste de Haut⋅e Commissaire aux droits de l’homme est essentiel à la...
Open letter to the UN Secretary-General on the appointment process of the new High-Commissioner for Human Rights (23 June 2022)
Dear Secretary-General, Re: Appointment of next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The post of High Commissioner for Human Rights is critical to the promotion and protection of human rights...
HRC50: Call for Urgent Debate on women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan
TO PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER AND OBSERVER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, urge you to call for and support...
Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress”
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 50th session (13...
Bangladesh: Stop Reprisals Against Victims, Activists
Instead Prioritize Accountability for Human Rights Abuses (New York) – Bangladesh authorities have responded to US Treasury Department sanctions on the notoriously abusive Rapid Action Battalion...
Joint NGO statement on Item 10 and draft resolution on "mutually beneficial cooperation" delivered during Item 10 General Debate at HRC43
In this joint oral statement, delivered by Defend Defenders at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 22 June 2020, 11 NGOs including Amnesty International urged states to recommit...
Joint NGO statement on civil and political rights at First Virtual Informal Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on COVID-19
This joint statement on the protection of civil and political rights in the context of the COVID-19 crisis was delivered on behalf of 33 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during the first virtual...
Joint NGO statement on economic, social and cultural rights at First Virtual Informal Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on COVID-19
This joint statement on the protection and fulfilment of economic and social rights in the context of the COVID-19 crisis was delivered on behalf of 34 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during...
Egypt's Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society
Sixty organisations call on the Egyptian government to cease silencing civil society, and to allow NGOs to conduct their mandates within Egypt’s constitutional framework and in full respect of its...