Events

34th Session of the Human Rights Council

Highlights include the presentation of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, appointment of the new mandate holder for the position of Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and the High Commissioner for Human Right’s oral report on Ukraine.

Published: January 26, 2017

When: Monday, 27. February 2017
To: Friday, 24. March 2017
Where: Geneva
More info: www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session34/Pages/34RegularSession.aspx

Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy at HRHF, discusses priorities at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council

On 7 March, at the side event Azerbaijan: Continued Repression of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders, Azerbaijani human rights defenders and UN and State representatives will outline their different perspectives on the situation in the country, and call for the international community to respond.

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Statements

July 16, 2024

HRC56: HRHF calls for the release of Anar Mammadli and all political prisoners in Azerbaijan

On the sidelines of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights House Foundation argued that Anar Mammadli’s detention should be understood as a direct reprisal for his legitimate election observation efforts and human rights work, and comes in the context of a dramatic deterioration in the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.

Statements

July 10, 2024

HRC56: Human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine

On 10 July 2024, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, welcoming the release of Nariman Dzhelal, repeating calls for the release of Server Mustafayev, and raising concerns about the situation for forced transfers of Ukrainian civilians within the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and to the Russian Federation.

Resources

July 5, 2024

Georgia’s “foreign influence” law: Implications & recommendations

On 28 May 2024, the Georgian Parliament adopted the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, inspired by the Russian authoritarian-style “foreign agent” legislation. HRHF and partners from Human Rights House Tbilisi have developed this briefer underlining the main concerns regarding the practical effect of the foreign influence law on the Georgian civil society organisations and lays out recommendations for Georgia’s human rights and democracy partners internationally.