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 26 September 2024, on the occasion of the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement on the Protection of UN Mandate holders during the General Debate on Item 4. Taking the relentless campaign of defamation and online harassment by the Iranian authorities against a recent mandate holder, Professor Rehman, for his report published in July 2024 as the then UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, exposing the Iranian regime's massacres against political prisoners, as a point of departure, Human Rights Research League believes that attacks of this kind merit a general rethinking of the United Nations approach and responsibility for protecting UN mandate holders - past, present, and future ones. For further details, please see the video of the Oral Statement on UN Web TV. 

Conferences & calls

On 26 September 2024, on the occasion of the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement on the Protection of UN Mandate holders during the General Debate on Item 4. Taking the relentless campaign of defamation and online harassment by the Iranian authorities against a recent mandate holder, Professor Rehman, for his report published in July 2024 as the then UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, exposing the Iranian regime's massacres against political prisoners, as a point of departure, Human Rights Research League believes that attacks of this kind merit a general rethinking of the United Nations approach and responsibility for protecting UN mandate holders - past, present, and future ones. For further details, please see the video of the Oral Statement on UN Web TV. 

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