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 8 July 2024, Human Rights Research League will organize a side event at the 56th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 'Russia's War of Aggression in Ukraine: Human Toll and Future Impact'. Apart from crimes committed in the theater of war, a main focus will be on the war's impact on civilians, including on family members of POWs, relatives of disappeared persons, and the short and long-term impact of forced migration in the wake of the war of aggression. The distinguished panel will include speakers from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the UN Working Groups of Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances, and on Arbitrary Detention, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, as well as POWs and relatives of victims. For further information, including the full list of speakers, please see the Event Program.

Conferences & calls

On 8 July 2024, Human Rights Research League will organize a side event at the 56th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 'Russia's War of Aggression in Ukraine: Human Toll and Future Impact'. Apart from crimes committed in the theater of war, a main focus will be on the war's impact on civilians, including on family members of POWs, relatives of disappeared persons, and the short and long-term impact of forced migration in the wake of the war of aggression. The distinguished panel will include speakers from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the UN Working Groups of Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances, and on Arbitrary Detention, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, as well as POWs and relatives of victims. For further information, including the full list of speakers, please see the Event Program.

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