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We at ISHR are very pleased to be launching our #ReprisalsToolkit in Tibetan བོད་སྐད། ! This tool will help human rights defenders better map, prevent and mitigate acts of intimidation and reprisals when cooperating with the United Nations. Help us disseminate!

🔔 Reminder: Don’t miss the side event ‘Defenders’ Voices on Reforming the UN Human Rights System’ happening Monday, 16 June at 1:00 PM CET in Room XXV, Palais des Nations. #HRC59 ➡️ Details: ishr.ch/events/defende…

Today is #GulshanAbbas‘s 63rd birthday, her 7th birthday in prison. She was sentenced to 20 yrs in 2019 in retaliation for her sister Rushan Abbas's activism. 📢🇺🇳#WGAD considers her detention arbitrary & calls for her immediate release. #FreeGulshanAbbas x.com/CUyghurs/statu…

At the June 2025 consultations on the Binding Treaty, civil society criticised the lack of hybrid participation, debated due diligence and strong defender protections, and urged inclusion of gender, environmental, and Indigenous rights. Read more ▼ ishr.ch/latest-updates…

A shifting global funding landscape for human rights: challenge or opportunity for defenders? In a shrinking funding space, the Declaration +25 serves as a key tool to reaffirm States’ obligation to ensure an enabling environment for civil society. ishr.ch/latest-updates…

Today, participants in our Human Rights Defenders Advocacy Programme (#HRDAP25) attended the first sessions of the UN Human Rights (#HRC59) and took part in their first individual and group coaching sessions.

Today, our HRDAPers met with Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and shared their visions related to #equality, #accountability, @HRDprotection, and more! They also exchanged with NGOs based in Geneva.

With budgets slashed, debates shortened and scrutiny stymied, the UN Human Rights Council opens its summer session in Geneva in survival mode. #HRC59 | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/human-rights/l…

Highlight of our #HRC59 side event: any process to reform the UN should be done in consultation with human rights defenders. Any decision made should center the needs of civil society & survivors & ensure the system is accessible to & safe for them #TheUNwewant #WeThePeople

Urgent support needed for the UN Treaty Bodies 📢 On the occasion of the 37th annual meeting of the chairpersons of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, civil society organisations made a joint call to preserve this ‘essential part of the UN’s human rights ecosystem’.

📢 ISHR joins organisations from across Latin America and beyond in condemning the adoption of a 'Foreign Agents' law in El Salvador that seriously threatens independent civil society in the country. ishr.ch/latest-updates…

Reform of the UN, including the UN HRC, needs to be driven by considerations of relevance, responsiveness and effectiveness, not just efficiency. Thanks Geneva Solutions for sharing some ISHR reflections. genevasolutions.news/human-rights/l… #HRC59

#HRDAP25, ISHR flagship programme supports defenders from several countries to define and implement advocacy objectives. Today, the participants practiced advocacy techniques during #UPR with great facilitators from UPR Info!