Who we serve

What we achieved in 2023:

• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the Human rights Council (‘HR-Council’) of March and September;
• one Briefing on the session of the UN Minority Forum (November);
• three Courses to participants of the OHCHR Fellows (Indigenous Peoples in July and Minorities in November)  
• a series of courses and conferences for our partners;
• a study on the protection role of human rights NGOs in the human rights system;
• Expert Seminars on the role of NGOs and on the strengthening of UN Special procedures (June);
• activities in our implementation projects (enforced disappearances, indigenous peoples, religious freedom, and West Papua

What we achieved in 2022:

• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the Human rights Council (‘HR-Council’) of March and September;
• our annual Briefing on the June session of the HR-Council;
• a series of courses and conferences for our partners;
• a study on the role of the civil society in the human rights system;
• a study on the strategies of hardliner states in the Council;
• an Expert Seminar on indigenous peoples’ rights (July);
• activities in our implementation projects on enforced disappearances, indigenous peoples, religious freedom, and West Papua;
• updated Web-page & Newsletter of GHR.

What we achieved in 2021:

• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the Human rights Council (‘HR-Council’) of February-March and September;
• our virtual Briefing on the 47^th session of the HR-Council (June);
• an hybrid Briefing on the mechanisms of the Council (November);
• several courses and briefings lectures for our partners;
• a study on the role of the civil society in the human rights system;
• a study on the strategies of hardliner states in the Council;
• an Expert Seminar on indigenous peoples’ rights (July);
• an Expert Seminar on enforced disappearance (November);
• activities in our implementation projects on enforced disappearances, indigenous peoples, religious freedom, and West Papua;
• updated Web-page & Newsletter of GHR.

What we achieved in 2020:

• a Campaign for a human rights approach of the Covid-19 pandemic;
• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the HR-Council (February-March and September);
• our first virtual Geneva Course during the sessions of mechanisms of the HR-Council (November-December);
• one introduction Course to the HR-Council’s September session;
• several courses and briefings lectures for our partners in Geneva;
• a study on the role of the civil society to the UN human rights system;
• many activities of our implementation projects on enforced disappearances, on indigenous peoples, on religious freedom, and on West Papua;
• an international press conference on the situation in West Papua;
• a report on the best ways to create the legal entity of the South Asia Forum on Freedom of Religion or Belief‘ (SAF-FoRB);
• updated Web-page & Newsletter of GHR.

What we achieved in 2019

• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the HR-Council (February-March and September); one introduction Course to the HR-Council’s June session;
• two Expert Seminars, on indigenous issues and on the future of the UN Special procedures; and a second screening of the Documentary ‘the Subversives’;
• several courses and briefings during the sessions of the UPR;
• In-Country Course for Tibetans in India;
• many activities of our implementation projects on enforced disappearances, on indigenous peoples, on religious freedom, on Botswana and on West Papua;
• a dozen lectures for our partners, in particular universities and the OHCHR;
• renewed Web-page & launching ‘implementation Now’, the Newsletter of GHR.

What we achieved in 2018

• two Geneva Courses during the ordinary sessions of the HR-Council (March, September); and one introduction Course to the June session of the HR-Council;
• one specific Geneva Course for Turkish users;
• two Expert Seminars, on the World Conference on Human Rights (June), and on Indigenous Peoples’ rights (July), with a total of 124 participants; and the screening of the Documentary on Theo Van Boven, former UN Human Rights Director;
• several courses and briefings during the sessions of the UPR Working group for NGOs coalitions from Botswana, Nigeria, Russia, Hong Kong, Tibet;
• In-Country Courses in Russia, West Papua, Botswana and Bangkok;
• many activities of our implementation projects on enforced disappearances, on indigenous peoples, on religious freedom, on Botswana and on West Papua;
• the strengthening of the presence in Geneva of Forum Asia and the Dominicans;
• a dozen lectures for our partners, in particular universities and the OHCHR;
• a major update in our Web-page;
• 458 defenders trained in 2018: 71 in the Geneva Courses, 21 in the UPR briefings, 233 in the Courses for partners in Geneva (TSS), 10 in the Implementation Programme, 123 in the In-Country Courses;
• 20 interns (3-5 months) trained in the Internship Programme;