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House-to-House Project Fund 2025: Call for Applications
Human Rights House Foundation invites all Human Rights Houses, their member organisations as well as organisations and actors from outside of the network to apply for funding in collaboration to advance human rights priorities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
“Thinking of People, Not Territories”: Crimea Week in Brussels Focuses on Justice and Human Rights
From 12 to 16 May 2025, the civil-society led Crimea Week took place in Brussels with a series of advocacy and cultural events gathering policymakers, civil society, and international institutions, providing platforms for sharing testimonies and fostering dialogue. The programme aimed at highlighting the human rights situation in Crimea under Russian occupation.
Resilience amidst growing repression: HRHF’s work at HRC58
At HRC58, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) continued to amplify the voices of civil society and human rights defenders facing increased repression across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans. In particular, HRHF worked alongside partners to highlight ongoing human rights violations in Belarus, Georgia, and in the context of continued Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
Annual Report 2024 – Defending rights amidst rising authoritarianism
In 2024, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) worked closely with the Network of Human Rights Houses and other civil society partners to protect and promote human rights amidst increasing challenges, including rising authoritarianism. Find out more in HRHF’s 2024 annual report.
HRC58: Political prisoners and the rights of children in the occupied territories of Ukraine
At HRC58, HRHF raised the situation for children in the occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian political prisoners held by the Russian Federation.
HRC58: INGOs call for renewal of UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
HRHF joins several INGOs in urging UN member states to support the adoption of Human Rights Council draft resolution L.22, to renew the mandate of UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine at HRC58.
HRC58: Statement on Ukraine & findings of Commission of Inquiry
On 19 March 2025, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement on Ukraine at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council calling for full cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry, and for the international community to continue its vital support to victims and survivors of Russia’s war against Ukraine, ensuring accountability for the international crimes.
Portraits of Strength exhibition at HUMAN in Oslo
From 10-16 March 2025, the third edition of the Portraits of Strength exhibition, featuring women human rights defenders from the Network of Human Rights Houses, is exhibited at Vega Scene in Oslo as part of the Human International Documentary Film Festival.
Statement on the 11th Anniversary of Crimea’s Resistance to Russian Occupation
On the 11th anniversary of Crimea’s Resistance to the Russian Federation’s unlawful occupation, Human Rights House Crimea, its member organisations, and the Human Rights House Foundation reaffirm their strong commitment to protecting human rights, fundamental freedoms, and the dignity of all individuals in the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol.