50 YEARS SPEAKING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The ISHR represents a network of grassroots human rights defenders in over 30 countries worldwide.
Latest News
Islamic Republic of Iran: Execution of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd
After announced state murder: appeasement costs human lives
Panama: Justice
“This painting reflects my feelings toward justice. Justice is not blind; it is silent, bound and silenced.”
ISHR Human Rights Day 2024 Webinar on “Equality”
Every year on the 10th of December, the World commemorates the Human Rights Day. This day is in honor of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ukraine: Continuous Abductions of People by Russian Army
According to the Ukrainian human rights commissioner, 14,000 civilians have been abducted by the Russian army.
Highlights: ISHR Iraq Section Activities (July–October 2024)
Report on Bringing ISIS to Accountability • Media Engagement on Human Rights Advocacy • International Day of the Disappeared • Child Protection Initiatives etc.
Iraq: ISHR trains women in skilled trades
Ten years after the serious human rights violations committed by IS against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, well over 100,000 Yazidis are still living in the refugee camps.
Where in the world are our President and our Secretary General?
ISHR Secretary General holds the Tilmann Geske Memorial Lectures 2024
Matthias Böhning reads out a statement from Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, who was unable to attend and will be coming to Basel next year.
Schirrmacher visits former slave prisons in Africa
The ISHR-President and author of several books on the history of slavery, human trafficking and racism, has visited two of the most important historical memorials to the intercontinental slave trade in Africa.
ISHR Exploration Trip
The team meet with German Embassy in Dushanbe
Who we are
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) was founded in 1972 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and is now represented in over 30 countries. Learn more »
What we do
We defend the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights worldwide. Learn more »