50 YEARS SPEAKING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The ISHR represents a network of grassroots human rights defenders in over 30 countries worldwide.Latest News
Europe and Taiwan share common values
Read about democracy in Taiwan and why the Taiwanese foreign minister has not yet visited Germany in an article by German journalist Michael Leh.
Olga Karach: How ISHR’s humanitarian aid is changing the lives of Ukrainian and Belarusian refugees
Olga Karach describes how much more the humanitarian aid of ISHR means for her and the Ukrainian-Belarusian exile community in Lithuania.
Death sentence expected against German-Iranian journalist
Show trial without truth and justice - no trial observation by German diplomats
ISHR Newsletter • June 2022
It's almost 2 months since we marked 40 years of ISHR and 50 years of IGFM (German section). The anniversary was a day of many meaningful and moving words.
Speech by former Federal President Gauck on 50 years of IGFM
In the context of the 50th annual conference of IGFM on April 9, 2022, former Federal President Joachim Gauck gave the keynote speech on 50 years of IGFM.
Welcome by IGFM Chairman Lamm to the 50th Annual Conference
In the occasion of the 50th annual meeting of IGFM on April 9, 2022 in Bonn, IGFM Chairman Edgar Lamm welcomed the guests and outlined in fast forward the work of many decades of IGFM.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OUR PRESIDENT?
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the grave of Elisabeth Schiemann
The president of the ISHR visited the grave of Elisabeth Schiemann, who spoke out against National Socialism and was a “Righteous Among the Nations”
May 2022: Thomas Schirrmacher visits Stockholm
The ISHR President, Thomas Schirrmacher, and the ISHR General Secretary, Matthias Böhning, visited Sweden and had many meetings.
May 2022: Thomas Schirrmacher met the head of UN Volunteers
The President of the ISHR, Thomas Schirrmacher, and the ISHR Secretary General, Matthias Böhning, met Tony Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator of UN VOLUNTEERS.
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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