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 Yemen at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-10-11 19:17 During the General Debate on Item 10 at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on October 11, 2023, Human Rights Research League gave an oral statement on the grave situation of human rights ...
HRRL Statement on Lebanon at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-27 18:45 On September 27, 2023, during the General Debate on Item 4 at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Zeina Zerbe commented on behalf of Human Rights Research League on the further ...
HRRL Statement on Burundi at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-22 20:43 During the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement in connection with the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on th...
HRRL Side Event on Revenge Killings in Afghanistan at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-15 18:08 On the occasion of the 54th Human Rights Council Session at the United Nations in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) held a Side Event on 13 September 2023 at the Palais des Nations, presenti...
HRRL Statements on Afghanistan at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-12 20:46 On the occasion of the 54th 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 Special R...
Call for Participation: Research Project on Collective Trauma and Mental Health
2023-08-05 00:15 Human Rights Research League and the University of Montreal kindly invite you to participate in a research project on   'The Influence of a Permanently Failing Political and Security Environment on ...
HRRL: Joint Statement on Establishing Fact-Finding Mission into Beirut Port Explosion
2023-08-03 02:23 Human Rights Research League joins international and Lebanese organizations, survivors and families of the victims in a statement urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution e...
HRRL Statement on the Central African Republic at the 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-07-12 16:28 In connection with the 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the International Expert on the Centra...
HRRL Statement at the UN Human Rights Council during the Urgent Debate on Religious Hatred
2023-07-11 15:57 During an Urgent Debate to "discuss the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries"...
HRRL Statement on Burundi at the UN Human Rights Council
2023-07-06 15:34 On the occasion of the 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on th...
Draft Program Released: Joint Workshop on '(Un)Fairness in International Migration and Refugee Law: Past and Present Realities', August 31, 2023
2023-06-20 12:22 On 31 August 2023, the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law, Human Rights Research League, and the Odysseus Academic Network will organize a joint w...

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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