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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December 17, 2024

ESU – Emergency Support Ukraine

From June 2022 to November 2024, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) implemented a 30-month regional project that provided opportunities for emergency support for Ukrainian civil society and independent media in the wake of the full-scale Russian invasion. The project was funded by the European Union and implemented by ERIM-led coalition of partners, including including Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House, Black Sea Trust, East Europe Foundation, Human Rights House Tbilisi and HRHF.

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December 16, 2024

Supporting Ukrainian civil society during Russia’s continued aggression – interview with Hennadii Vypynashko

Hennadii Vypynashko is a Ukrainian human rights defender who coordinated the Protection Program of the Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv for over 2.5 years, supporting civil society representatives affected by Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine. In this interview, he shares stories about supported human rights defenders and journalists, his motivation, and key takeaways from his experience.

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December 13, 2024

Ukrainian Journalist: “FSB operatives in Kherson hunted me during the occupation”.

Maryna Savchenko is a journalist from the Kherson region. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the occupation of the Kherson region, she stayed in the city to report on the situation for the outside world for as long as she could while facing increasing threats. In this interview, she gives insight into her work and life under occupation, the story of her escape and the support she received to sustain herself.