GANHRI 2025 Annual Report: A year of new leadership and continued engagement for human rights
The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) 2025 Annual Report shows how the alliance brought together its 119 NHRIs to strengthen human rights protection and amplify NHRIs’ voices worldwide.
Amid unprecedented pressure on the international human rights system, GANHRI welcomed new leadership in March 2025, with the election of Chairperson Amina Bouayach and Secretary Alyson Kilpatrick.
Our members stayed engaged across the year, with over 300 participants from 85 NHRIs coming together at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Geneva and GANHRI engaging across more than 15 UN and international processes. This work continues to help build faire, more inclusive societies.
The Regional Networks remain close partners in delivering the NHRI.EU project, which supports the defence of NHRIs, strengthens accreditation, and builds institutional capacity across the network. In 2025, the third phase of the project was successfully completed, and the European Commission confirmed funding for a fourth phase through 2028.
Discover the full scope of GANHRI’s collective impact and how NHRIs are shaping human rights protection globally:
Our Impact
Key achievements
Establishing and strengthening NHRIs
• 119 member NHRIs across all four regions (91 A-status and 28 B-status).
• 25 NHRIs reviewed across two SCA sessions in 2025.
• Confidential support to member institutions facing threats, reprisals, or attacks on their independence, working closely with Regional Networks and OHCHR.
Bringing NHRIs together
• 30+ events and exchanges organised or co-hosted for members and partners.
• Over 300 participants took part in the 2025 GANHRI Annual Meeting in Geneva.
• NHRIs adopted an Outcome Statement on gender equality, committing to concrete action on gender-responsive policies and leadership.
Amplifying the voice of NHRIs
• 13 statements delivered across all three UN Human Rights Council sessions and engagement across 15+ UN and international processes, spanning women’s and girls’ rights, civic space, human rights of older persons, climate change, the rights of persons with disability, migration, business and human rights, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
• The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 80/214 in December 2025, reaffirming the vital contribution of NHRIs to the 2030 Agenda.
Building a strong alliance
• GANHRI welcomed new leadership in 2025, with Chairperson Amina Bouayach and Secretary Alyson Kilpatrick, elected in March.
• Under the NHRI.EU project, GANHRI and the Regional Networks ran two joint social media campaigns on women’s and girls’ rights and the Paris Principles, and built a new online library of 90+ resources for members.
• The Tripartite Partnership with OHCHR and UNDP (supported by Norway) delivered country level assistance to 15 NHRIs across all regions and piloted two new tools for NHRIs on digital readiness and environmental rights monitoring.
