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⚖️ The UN human rights chief is sounding the alarm over harsh national security sentences against activists in Hong Kong and Macao
ISHR joins 39 organisations condemning Joshua Wong's sentencing and calling for his immediate release ✊
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Join us TODAY! US Impunity and the Crisis of International Accountability
🗓️Tuesday, 10 November 2026 | 17:00-18:30 CET
🏠 Rue de Varembé 1, Geneva (registration mandatory: bit.ly/usimpunity)
Register here: bit.ly/usimpunity
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'What has Washington got to hide?'
For the second year in a row, the United States has refused to submit to the @UN_HRC's flagship review process, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), before which it was scheduled to appear on 10 November.
🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updates/us-sk…
Join us tomorrow! US Impunity and the Crisis of International Accountability
🗓️Tuesday, 10 November 2026 | 17:00-18:30 CET
🏠 Rue de Varembé 1, Geneva (registration mandatory: bit.ly/usimpunity)
Register here: bit.ly/usimpunity
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Join us at this upcoming event on Tuesday!
US Impunity and the Crisis of International Accountability
🗓️Tuesday, 10 November 2026 | 17:00-18:30 CET
🏠 Rue de Varembé 1, Geneva (registration mandatory: bit.ly/usimpunity)
Together with @theCCR we invite you to a public roundtable and debrief following the anticipated refusal of the #UnitedStates to engage with and participate in its rescheduled Universal Periodic Review.
If the United States continues its persistent non-cooperation, it will mark a historic rupture in the #UPR system: the first time any country has fully opted out of its own review since the mechanism began. The refusal is a political statement by the US government that it does not intend to be bound by the same human rights scrutiny it purports to demand for other States.
Register here: bit.ly/usimpunity
#ACHPR89: Climate change is a human and peoples' rights problem 🌍 🔥 ⚖️
At its 89th ordinary session, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights launched a study presenting climate change as a threat to the enjoyment of human rights 📑
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#ACHPR89: Status update on treaty ratification, decision implementation & State reports 📋
At its 89th session, the African Commission reviewed where States Parties stand on ratifications, implementing decisions & reporting ⚖️ 🌍
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Tomorrow, a vote with little coverage will have a huge impact on how the UN allocates its funds. Read @Madeleine_ISHR and @vdraphael's take on elections at the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), via for @pass_blue. passblue.com/2026/11/02/a-li…
ACHPR89: Diasporic & African perspectives on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism ⛓️💥
ISHR & Instituto Peregum held a side event on reparations for historic and ongoing injustices, at the ACHPR's Rights 89th session 🌍
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ACHPR89: Mauritius presents its 11th Periodic Report to the African Commission 🇲🇺
Drawing on contributions from civil society, including ISHR & DIS MOI, Commissioners raised questions on human rights defenders, journalists, gender justice & discrimination ✊
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A Little-Known Election Is Coming That Will Affect How the UN Spends Its Money, So Pay Attention passblue.com/2026/11/02/a-li…
On 6 November, the General Assembly will elect 10 members of the ACABQ, a little known committee that can influence how UN funds are allocated.
The body has long pushed disproportionate cuts to human rights and it deserves more scrutiny, write @Madeleine_ISHR and @vdraphael for @pass_blue.
passblue.com/2026/11/02/a-li…
On #IDEI : According to @antonioguterres: over the past year, at least 34 journalists paid the ultimate price. Six of every seven such killings go unpunished.
Nothing should impede journalists’ ability to do their work, which is fundamental to human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
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Citizen journalist #ZhangZhan was sentenced to four years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on September 19th.
🗣️ Call on #China to free journalists like Zhang Zhan and all other arrested media reporters.
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In April, @RSF_inter unveils the 2026 World Press Freedom Index: press freedom at a 25-year low 140/180: Hong Kong 178/180: China
On #IDEI2026, let us stand together to defend press freedom and demand justice. When journalists are targeted and their reporting is extinguished, it makes victims of us all.
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⏳ Reminder: there’s still time to share your feedback on our website!
Anonymous survey, 5-10 min.
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At the 12th session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations, ISHR and partners highlighted the right to a healthy environment, the protection of defenders and the impact of conflict on human rights.
🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updates/right…
Should the United States fail to participate in its upcoming UPR review on 10 November, the @UN_HRC should request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to brief the Council on the situation in the US at its 64th session.
🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updates/hrc-m…
In an amicus brief before the @ECHR_CEDH, ISHR denounced the chilling effect of Czech authorities extensively collecting the private data of Kryštof Stupka, an LGBTI rights defender who reported a hate crime.
🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updates/czech…
ALT Landscape photo of the building of the European Court of Human Rights.
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