Human Rights Research League

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Research. Education. Advocacy. Development. (R.E.A.D.)

Mission statement

The Human Rights Research League (HRRL) is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC) aiming at protecting individuals by placing acts contrary to human rights and international humanitarian law, systemic grievances as well as humanitarian emergencies on the agenda. HRRL seeks to contribute to knowledge and research based public discussion and problem analysis without geographical, political, confessional or other limitations or alignments.

As our name suggests, we are an organization primarily focused on research from the basis of a strong academic foundation. However, we recognize that lasting impact and positive change also depend on connecting academics and practitioners, combining research on root causes of human rights challenges with implementation of projects and policies addressing those grievances. 

To this end, we are engaged in four focus areas: Research. Education. Advocacy. Development. (R.E.A.D.), all with a view to bridging the gap between academic and practical approaches to human rights, and between problem analysis and implementation of solutions.

 

News & reports

 

On the occasion of the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) will organize a Side Event on 12 September 2024 at the Palais des Nations, on Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan. The event, co-sponsored by the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), explores when and how the perpetrators of some of these human rights abuses may be held to account. Speakers include Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Kobra Moradi, Research Fellow at RWI, Huma Saeed, Country Adviser at MADRE, Hamid Formuli, Research Fellow at RWI, and Tom Syring, Chairman of the Human Rights Research League. For more information, please see the Side Event announcement.

Conferences & calls

On the occasion of the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) will organize a Side Event on 12 September 2024 at the Palais des Nations, on Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan. The event, co-sponsored by the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), explores when and how the perpetrators of some of these human rights abuses may be held to account. Speakers include Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Kobra Moradi, Research Fellow at RWI, Huma Saeed, Country Adviser at MADRE, Hamid Formuli, Research Fellow at RWI, and Tom Syring, Chairman of the Human Rights Research League. For more information, please see the Side Event announcement.

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