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

 

HRRL Statement on Burundi at the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2024-07-04 17:15 On July 4, 2024, during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burundi, Mr. Fortune Gaetan Zongo, at the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Counci...
Lebanon: Joint Letter on Beirut Port Explosion
2024-07-01 20:26 On July 1, 2024, Human Rights Research League teamed up with other international and Lebanese human rights organizations and victim groups in a Joint Letter, calling for international action in the Be...
Panel Discussion on 'Left to the Taliban: What Future for an Afghanistan Caught in the Past?',
2024-06-26 15:42 On June 25, 2024, leading Norwegian liberal think tank Civita launched the recording of a panel discussion with Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanist...
HRRL Statements on Afghanistan at the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2024-06-18 18:39 On the occasion of the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League submitted a Writtten Statement on 'Women's Rights Abuses and the Impact of Mental Health on A...
HRRL Statements on Ukraine at the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2024-04-02 15:10 During the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered oral statements in connection with the Interactive Dialogue on OHCHR's report on Ukraine, as we...
HRRL Statements on Afghanistan at the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2024-03-04 00:07 On the occasion of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement on Afghanistan during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Specia...
HRRL at Rule of Law Summit in Lviv, Ukraine
2023-12-11 15:03 From 7-10 December 2023, the American Society of International Law and the Ukrainian Association of International Law convened a summit of experts in Lviv, Ukraine, to commemorate the 75th anniversari...
New HRRL Report on Revenge Killings in Afghanistan
2023-11-16 02:17 Over the past year and a half, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) has been conducting a research project documenting Revenge Killings and Other Serious Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan in the A...
HRRL-ONUC Seminar on Dealing with the Taliban, October 18, 2023
2023-10-19 00:20 On 18 October 2023, Human Rights Research League and Oslo New University College (ONUC) co-organized a seminar at ONUC on 'Dealing with the Taliban? Two Years of Atrocities after Regime Breakdown in A...
HRRL-NUPI Conference on Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan, October 11, 2023
2023-10-13 23:30 On 11 October 2023, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) co-organized a conference on 'Human Rights Violations in the Taliban's Afghanistan'....
HRRL-CMI Conference on the Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan, October 10, 2023
2023-10-11 21:30 On 10 October 2023, Human Rights Research League (HRRL), the University of Bergen, CMI, and the Centre on Law & Social Transformation co-organized a half-day conference to critically discuss the Human...

Conferences & calls

On 4 October 2024, at the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue on the oral update by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on South Sudan. HRRL criticized the continuous unwillingness of the transitional government to conscientiously implement the 2018 Revitalized Agreement to the benefit of a suffering population of a country in crisis, characterized by hunger, the displacement of four million South Sudanese, and the unmet basic needs of nine million people. In the face of such flagrant disregard for the plight of their own citizens and the agreed upon framework for the transition, HRRL urged the African Union to consider sanctioning transitional leaders who refuse to abide by the term limits of their mandate, in accordance with Article 23 of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which also South Sudan is a State Party to. For further details, please see the video of the Oral Statement on UN Web TV.

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