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Oleksandra Matviichuk Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights lawyer, reports by video at the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR in Bonn in April 2026 on the systematic documentation of war ...

54th Annual Conference of the ISHR Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace On 11 and 12 April 2026, the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR took place ...

Dmytro Lubinets Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, reports by video at the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR in Bonn in April 2026 on the systematic and widespread ...

Ukraine: Father and son abducted by the Russian military Dagmar Schmidt, Deputy Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has taken on political patronage of abducted Ukrainian civilians ...

On 1 April, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the 16-year prison sentence handed down to 68-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov on charges of “justifying terrorism”. Russia's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence ...

Upon the special request of the President of Lebanon, Joseph Auon, the President and the Secretary General of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning, ...

Karin Müller-Kinet has been working in humanitarian aid at ISHR for four decades. Under the leadership of Karin Müller-Kinet from Bergen-Enkheim, 106 banana crates of clothing, 41 food parcels, 3 ...

 Speech of Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher against (forced) prostitution: “Women are increasingly being treated as commodities” Thomas Schirrmacher, a human rights expert specializing in religious freedom and in human trafficking, had ...

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 ...

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a warrant for the arrest of Lev Ponomarev, an 84-year-old human rights activist and former director of the ‘For Human Rights’ movement. ...

The Russian attacks during the coldest time of the year have taken their toll on the civilian population in Ukraine The attacks on critical infrastructure reported by our television channels ...

Recent amendments to Moldova’s law on political parties have raised growing concern among legal experts and human rights organizations. The reform, adopted in 2025, significantly expands the state’s ability to ...

The ISHR’s social media accounts have been classified as ‘extremist material’ in Belarus The human rights organisation is not deterred by this designation and will continue its work on Belarus. ...

International human rights organization honored with prestigious medical media award Bonn, March 11, 2026 – The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) is today being honored with the Health:Angel – ...

On 10 March, the Goretsky District Court recognised the Instagram, X and Facebook pages of the International Society for Human Rights as "extremist". On March 10, a court in the ...

Russian society is atomised Russia is home to members of various indigenous peoples. For example, the Itelmen in Kamchatka. Itelmen human rights activist Dmitry Berezhkov, who lives in exile in Norway, explains how they are ...