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 South Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council
2023-04-03 18:36 On the occasion of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner for Huma...
HRRL Statement on the Central African Republic at the UN Human Rights Council
2023-03-31 17:59 In connection with the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement during the High-Level Dialogue on the human rights situation in t...
HRRL Statement on Mali at the UN Human Rights Council
2023-03-30 17:08 On the occasion of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on th...
Joint HRRL-ESIL Workshop on 'In/Ex-clusivity of International Migration and Refugee Law: The Rights Holders' Perspective'
2022-09-20 23:38 On 31 August 2022, Human Rights Research League in partnership with the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law and the Italian Forum on Migration, Bor...
Final Program: Joint Workshop on 'In/Ex-clusivity of International Migration and Refugee Law: The Rights Holders' Perspective', August 31, 2022
2022-07-28 21:18 On 31 August 2022, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) along with the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law and the Forum on Immigration, Frontiers a...
Human Rights Research League to Receive Grant from Freedom of Expression Foundation 'Fritt Ord'
2022-06-29 21:45 Human Rights Research League is pleased to have received generous support by the Fritt Ord Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation promoting freedom of expression, for a project mapping and analy...
Article on the AU Kampala Convention on IDP Protection in Somalia and the DRC
2022-05-30 22:06 In a recent article ('African Union Kampala Convention on IDPs: Lessons Learned from its implementation in Somalia and the DRC. A humanitarian diplomacy perspective'), Arnaud Meffre, Humanitarian and ...
Draft Program: Joint Workshop on 'In/Ex-clusivity of International Migration and Refugee Law: The Rights Holders’ Perspective', August 31, 2022
2022-04-23 16:30 On 31 August 2022, Human Rights Research League along with the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law and the Forum on Immigration, Frontiers and Asyl...
FGM and Women's Access to Health - Interview in Utrop (in Norwegian)
2021-11-25 16:03 As a follow-up to our webinar on 'FGM, Women's Access to Health, and Social Norms in Norway', Human Rights Research League Chairman Tom Syring was interviewed in Utrop, Norway's leading multicultural ...
FGM and Women's Access to Health - Interview with NorSom News released (in Norwegian)
2021-11-01 23:37 In the aftermath of Human Rights Research League's Webinar on FGM and Women's Access to Health, Norwegian-Somali news channel NorSom News interviewed HRRL Chairman Tom Syring on the necessary steps to...
Discussion with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
2021-10-30 01:38 On 25 October 2021, Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights hosted a discussion with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimene...

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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