50 YEARS SPEAKING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The ISHR represents a network of grassroots human rights defenders in over 30 countries worldwide.Latest News
ISHR receives a great thank you video as a surprise from Putivl
The Information and Analytical Center/IAC ISHR continues to provide humanitarian help in Ukraine. This time the IAC ISHR Team provided humanitarian help for R. Rudnev Putivl Lyceum №1 (Sumy region) and the Belotserkovsky psycho-neurological house (Kyiv region).
ISHR Lithuania – Humanitarian aid with a rich delegation program
Here is a report of the visit of our small but energetic ISHR delegation in mid-April 2022 to Lithuania. There are currently 47,000 Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania, and every day there are about 150 more of them.
Have we forgotten Venezuela?
Venezuela is a unique case in history. A country with two governments. The Latin American Committee of ISHR analyzes the situation.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Greetings to 50 years ISHR
“Two years ago I was a housewife,” said today’s leader and voice of democratic Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in her greetings to the 50th annual general meeting of the German section of the International Society for Human Rights.
The OSCE Report on war crimes in Ukraine as of February 24, 2022
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. The Ukrainians have been subjected to shelling and brutal violence by Russian soldiers since 24 February.
Luydmyla Denisova: interview with the Ombudsman of Ukraine
Since the beginning of the war, the workload in the Office of the Ombudsman, headed by Lyudmyla Denisova, has multiplied. Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia, annihilation, torture, forced deportation. All of this is documented as a war crime - for future courts.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OUR PRESIDENT?
April 2022: Meeting with the Secretary General of the UN
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York
April 2022: Meeting the President of the Estonian Parliament
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the President of the Estonian Parliament to inform himself about the effect, the war against the Ukraine has on Estonia.
March 2022: ISHR Baltic State visit
Thomas Schirrmacher starts his first day of the Baltic States trip in Vilnius, Lithuania with a meeting with Jurgita Samoskiene and Olga Karach.
Who we are
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) was founded in 1972 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to advocate for 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 »
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