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 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 Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett. HRRL Chairman Tom Syring voiced deep concern and pointed to HRRL's recent research project during which a broad pattern of appalling human rights abuses had emerged, "not just in a few provinces, but throughout the country, not just during the immediate power transition period, but more than two years after the de facto authorities' seizure of power." For details, please see the video of the Oral Statement on UN Web TV.

 

Furthermore, during an Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tuerk, HRRL underlined that the policies the Taliban had imposed on the Afghan population had "not only resulted in a shocking reversal of fundamental human rights, such as the right to education, work, freedom of assembly and expression. The de facto authorities had also reverted to widespread acts of extrajudicial killings, torture, enforced disappearances and other serious violations of human rights."

For further details, please see the video of the Oral Statement on UN Web TV.

Conferences & calls

Call for Papers: 7th Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition
2021-01-13 00:00 The American Society of International Law's International Refugee Law Interest Group (IRLIG) announces its seventh annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition, co-sponsored by the Glo...

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