GANHRI, RINDCHA, FIO, CCPDH and ILO met on 27 February 2021 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for NHRIs to promote and safeguard human rights with a special focus on the protection of human rights defenders in the Latin America region.
The Committee will hold online regional consultations with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations: “From isolation, invisibility and segregation into inclusion of persons with disabilities in the community”
Mr. Rolando Villena Villegas was a fierce human rights activist, he dedicated his life to the protection of democratic principles and human rights in Bolivia.
The Independent Expert on the human rights of older persons has made two calls for submissions of inputs on ageism and age discrimination and human rights of older women. Deadline 22 March 2021
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has made Calls for submissions to inform its reports it will be delivering in 2021. The Mechanism calls on National Human Rights Institutions to provide contributions, no later than 1 March 2021
GANHRI is co-organising with UNFPA this virtual dialogue on Conducting Public Inquiries to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation. Join us on 8 December 2020 at 8.30-10.00 CET on Zoom
The 13th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD is now tentatively rescheduled to open and elect the CRPD on 30 Nov, and 4 virtual meetings on 1 and 3 December 2020.
The UN Human Rights Office in collaboration with GANHRI and UPR Info has developed tips for NHRIs and other stakeholders for engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
States from across the globe have pledged to strengthen their support for national human rights institutions amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in a resolution adopted today at the United Nations.
