Press briefing in Giessen

2026-04-30T15:51:24+02:00

From right to left: Member of the Bundestag Dagmar Schmidt, Lord Mayor Frank-Tilo Becher, Member of the Bundestag Frederik Bouffier and ISHR member Gerhard Keller hold up portraits of abducted Ukrainian civilians for whom they have taken on political sponsorships. Gerhard Keller is holding the portrait of Kostiantyn Zinovkin, whose political sponsors are Member of the European Parliament Michael Gahler and Member of the State Parliament Frank Steinraths. Press

Press briefing in Giessen2026-04-30T15:51:24+02:00

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Rückblick

2026-04-22T17:59:35+02:00

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Europa als Garant für Menschenrechte und Frieden Am 11. und 12. April 2026 fand die 54. Jahrestagung der IGFM in Bonn statt. Unter dem Leitthema „Europa als Garant für Menschenrechte und Frieden“ kamen Mitglieder, Partner und internationale Gäste zusammen, um über aktuelle Entwicklungen zu diskutieren – insbesondere über die Lage politischer Gefangener, religiös Verfolgter sowie von Menschen, die wegen ihres Engagements gegen autoritäre Systeme verfolgt werden.

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Rückblick2026-04-22T17:59:35+02:00

54th Annual Conference of IGFM

2026-03-31T08:43:29+02:00

54th Annual Conference of ISHR Europe as a Guarantor of Human Rights and Peace Date: 11–12 April 2026 Location: Gustav Stresemann Institute, Langer Grabenweg 68, 53175 Bonn Start: 12:00 PM (arrival from 11:00 AM) We look forward to your participation! Once a year, we bring together members, partners, human rights defenders, friends, and interested participants from around the world to exchange on current

54th Annual Conference of IGFM2026-03-31T08:43:29+02:00

Covid-19, the world and human rights

2021-11-26T10:44:07+01:00

Covid-19, the world and human rights Tactless criticism? Human rights activists of the International Society for Human Rights/ISHR have already expressed their concern at the beginning of the massive measures that the remedy against the pandemic could prove to be worse than the pandemic itself. They cite, among others, the humanitarian disasters that could be resulted worldwide and the potential for state abuse of human rights. The proportionality of the

Covid-19, the world and human rights2021-11-26T10:44:07+01:00

Protected employee, ISHR Armenia/Պաշտպանված աշխատող,ՄԻՄՀ Հայաստան

2021-11-26T10:45:27+01:00

Ցանցային սուպերմարկետներում և հագուստի վաճառասրահներում ներգրավված աշխատողների նկատմամբ գործատուների պահանջները անհամատեղելի են մարդու առողջության համար։ Աշխատողները ստիպված են 8-12 ժամ անընդհատ ոտքի վրա լինել, կատեգորիկ կերպով արգելվում է նստելը, ստիպված են աշխատել առանց հանգստյան օրերի, չկան վճարովի արձակուրդներ, ընդմիջումները ամբողջ օրվա ընթացքում, որոշ խանութներում, ընդամենը 10-15 րոպե են։ Պետք չէ հարմարվել և լռել, տեր կանգնենք մեր իրավունքներին։ ''Աշխատողների իրավունքների պաշտպանություն իրականացնող խումբ''։     Требования работодателей к работникам,

Protected employee, ISHR Armenia/Պաշտպանված աշխատող,ՄԻՄՀ Հայաստան2021-11-26T10:45:27+01:00

Velvet Revolution in Armenia: April-May 2018

2021-11-26T10:47:27+01:00

Velvet Revolution in Armenia: April-May 2018 Demonstrators protesting in front of a public radio station in Yerevan on April 14, 2018. Photo credit: Ավետիսյան91 via Wikimedia Commons A historic sudden shift in the politics of Armenia took place through a non-violent, so-called ‘Velvet (or Love) Revolution’ over April and May this year. The leader of the revolution, Nikol Pashinyan, was elected Prime Minister in snap elections

Velvet Revolution in Armenia: April-May 20182021-11-26T10:47:27+01:00

U.S. Rock Star Hails ‘Beautiful Revolution’ In Armenia

2021-11-26T10:47:32+01:00

          U.S. Rock Star Hails ‘Beautiful Revolution’ In Armenia Serj Tankian, a prominent Armenian-American rock musician, received a hero’s welcome late on Monday after arriving in Armenia to show support for the protest movement led by Nikol Pashinian. Tankian saluted the “beautiful revolution” as he addressed thousands of mostly young people in Yerevan’s central Republic Square, the main venue of massive anti-government protests led

U.S. Rock Star Hails ‘Beautiful Revolution’ In Armenia2021-11-26T10:47:32+01:00

Pashinian Elected Armenian PM

2021-11-26T10:47:33+01:00

          Pashinian Elected Armenian PM The Armenian parliament voted to elect opposition leader Nikol Pashinian prime minister on Tuesday nearly one month after he launched sustained anti-government protests that led to resignation of Armenia’s longtime leader, Serzh Sarkisian. Pashinian was backed by 59 of the 105 members of the National Assembly. They included 13 lawmakers representing Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). Forty-two other

Pashinian Elected Armenian PM2021-11-26T10:47:33+01:00

Institute of the Ombudsman in the Republic of Belarus: position of the Belarusian Section of the ISHR

2021-11-26T10:49:07+01:00

Institute of the Ombudsman in the Republic of Belarus: position of the Belarusian Section of the ISHR In the Republic of Belarus there is currently no ombudsman institution, which is the most important element in the national system for the protection of human rights. The first attempt to approve such an institution in the Republic of Belarus was made in 1996, when the Law “On the Commissioner for Human Rights

Institute of the Ombudsman in the Republic of Belarus: position of the Belarusian Section of the ISHR2021-11-26T10:49:07+01:00
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