Schirrmacher promotes interfaith dialogue and human brotherhood in Abu Dhabi
The President of the International Society for Human Rights held a series of high-level discussions in Abu Dhabi covering the fields of academia, politics and religion.
Conference in EU Parliament against Muslim Brotherhood featured Imam Twahidi
A high-level conference titled “Safeguarding Europe: Exposing the Growing Threat of the Muslim Brotherhood” was convened at the European Parliament.
Tribute to Monsignore Professor Obiora Francis Ike on his 70th birthday
Tribute by ISHR President Thomas Paul Schirrmacher
Beirut International Conference on Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue for Sustainability
Upon the special request of the President of Lebanon, the President and the Secretary General of the ISHR participated in the first-ever Beirut International Conference on Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue for Sustainability.
Speech marking the 15th anniversary of the “Mission Freedom” safe houses
Speech against (forced) prostitution: “Women are increasingly being treated as commodities”
ISHR receives the Health:Angel
International human rights organization honored with prestigious medical media award
President and Secretary General of ISHR visit Kurdistan
A report by Matthias Böhning
70th anniversary of the Conference of European Rabbis in Jerusalem
ISHR President delivered a keynote speech at the celebratory dinner
ISHR meets with new Chairwoman of the German Bundestag’s Human Rights Committee
The ISHR President and the ISHR Secretary General met with new Chairwoman of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the Deutsche Bundestag, the German Federal Parliament, Mechthild Heil.
Syria-Germany: Strengthening cooperation in the field of crisis response
The Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management discussed with a German delegation ways to strengthen cooperation in the areas of emergency, crisis and disaster response, as well as benefiting from German expertise.
“True security lies in protecting all Syrians”
ISHR leaders met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, to discuss the challenges facing Syria’s Christian communities following the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.
ISHR Leaders Engage with Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch Amid Historic Post-Assad Elections
In a timely show of international solidarity, Archbishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II.
“Put a stop to the enemies of freedom of religion and belief!”
The yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 were presented in Berlin today.
Schirrmacher Celebrated in Liberia on 65th Birthday
Archbishop Thomas Schirrmacher Celebrated in Liberia on 65th Birthday for Church Leadership and Human Rights Advocacy
President and Secretary General of ISHR visit the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius
Thomas Schirrmacher commemorates the murdered Jews, and a murdered bishop from Lithuania
Schirrmacher commemorated the murdered Jews in Auschwitz and Krakow
Last year, Thomas Schirrmacher visited the Auschwitz Memorial with his wife to commemorate the murdered Jews as a sign against anti-Semitism.
ISHR delegation visits Tikhanouskaya: Solidarity with Belarus in exile
On 7 August 2025, ISHR Secretary General Matthias Boehning and ISHR President Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher met in Vilnius with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya.
ISHR-President to testify in USCIRF hearing on Turkey
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing announced a virtual Hearing on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey” on August 14, 2025, at 10:30 AM.
IIRF and ISHR leadership involved in Faith & Freedom Summit IV in the Latin American Parliament
The fourth Faith & Freedom Summit focusing on FoRB took place under the title “Practicing What We Preach” in the Latin American Parliament in Panama City.
ISHR President speaks in the Italian parliament on Interreligious Dialogue
Schirrmacher publishes his speech at the Second Parliamentary Conference on Interreligious Dialogue of the IPU
SG Participates in Letter-Writing Workshop for Ukrainian Civilian Prisoners in Berlin
On 27 May, the ISHR Secretary General participated in a letter-writing workshop in Berlin, co-organised by ISHR and the human rights organisation Libereco.
Schirrmacher congratulates Joachim Gauck
IGFM/ISHR congratulates former Federal President Joachim Gauck on being awarded the Hermann Ehlers Medal
Schirrmacher thanks Liberian Acting Interior Minister
The President of ISHR thanked the Hon. Samuel F. Today for his spontaneous and enormous help to the Liberian refugees displaced from the refugee camp in Buduburam.
ISHR Secretary visited the office of the IGFM in Frankfurt
On Thursday, 8 May 2025, ISHR Secretary General Matthias K. Boehning visited the office of the German section of the ISHR in Frankfurt.