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Type of Resource: Video
Publication Date: 2018
This video features the personal accounts of human rights defenders detailing the plight of targeted individuals who face life-altering consequences after cooperating with the UN. These acts of retaliation by the State are known as reprisals, and can include travel bans, stalking, personal threats or threats against the family, detainment and in many cases even conviction. The video provides information on the role of the UN Assistant Secretary General, senior official on reprisals.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
An example of a weak statement by a State at the Human Rights Council. This statement focuses on the Commission of Enquiry on Burundi.
Type of Resource:
Publication Date: 2018
An example of a good statement by States made at the Human Rights Council. This statement focuses on the acts of reprisals and intimidation in Egypt against individuals who seek to cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights.
Type of Resource: Statement, Sample document
Publication Date: 2016
An example of a good (joint) statement made by States at the Human Rights Council. This joint statement aims to offer guidance on when the Council should engage with a concerned State, to prevent, respond to or address violations and to assist in de-escalation of a situation of concern.
Type of Resource: Resolution, Sample document
Publication Date: 2016
An example of a resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council. This resolution creates a commission of inquiry to conduct an investigation into human rights violations in Burundi, and includes details on the scope of its mandate, including identifying perpetrators, making recommendations, and presenting a report to the General Assembly.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
An example of a flyer promoting a side event at the Human Rights Council.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2017
An example of a flyer promoting a side event at the Human Rights Council.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
An example of a flyer promoting a side event at the Human Rights Council.
Type of Resource: ISHR Tips & Tricks
Publication Date: 2023
This checklist explains the steps you need to take to organise a side event at the UN Human Rights Council.
Type of Resource: Statement, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
This joint written submission by ISHR in collaboration with organisations working to promote and protect human rights on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC), outlines the legal framework underpinning the rights of LGBTI defenders, and relevant State obligations for the realization of those rights.
