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Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2024
This document provides information on the Treaty Body follow-up and grading system.
Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2020
This document provides guidance on how to more effectively participate in Treaty Body sessions.
Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2024
This checklist explains the steps you need to take to organise a side event at the UN Human Rights Council.
Type of Resource: FactSheet / Checklist
Publication Date: 2025
This resource provides guidance and a checklist on how to prepare and deliver an oral statement at the Human Rights Council. ISHR Tips & Tricks are a series of guides aimed to support human rights defenders in their advocacy with international and regional human rights mechanisms.
Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2025
Guidance on how to prepare and communicate before, during and after an event held on the sidelines of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2025
This short guidance provides insights on how to apply and get the observer status at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Type of Resource: FactSheet / Checklist
Publication Date: 2025
List of NGOs and INGOs working on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
