Human Rights Research League

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Research. Education. Advocacy. Development. (R.E.A.D.)

Mission statement

The Human Rights Research League (HRRL) is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC) aiming at protecting individuals by placing acts contrary to human rights and international humanitarian law, systemic grievances as well as humanitarian emergencies on the agenda. HRRL seeks to contribute to knowledge and research based public discussion and problem analysis without geographical, political, confessional or other limitations or alignments.

As our name suggests, we are an organization primarily focused on research from the basis of a strong academic foundation. However, we recognize that lasting impact and positive change also depend on connecting academics and practitioners, combining research on root causes of human rights challenges with implementation of projects and policies addressing those grievances. 

To this end, we are engaged in four focus areas: Research. Education. Advocacy. Development. (R.E.A.D.), all with a view to bridging the gap between academic and practical approaches to human rights, and between problem analysis and implementation of solutions.

 

News & reports

 

On the occasion of the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) will organize a Side Event & Report Launch at the Palais des Nations, on Mental Health in Times of War. 

 

What impact does living in a long-term situation of war, conflict, and insecurity have on the mental health of the population? We will launch our report on Mental Health in Times of War, conducted in partnership with the University of Montreal, which takes the situation in Lebanon from the civil war in the 1970s till today as a point of departure, and discuss the relevance of the findings to similar situations of long-term conflcit and/or state failure, e.g. in Afghanistan, the Congo (DRC), Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, or Yemen.

 

For further details, please see the Side Event flyer.

Conferences & calls

On the occasion of the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) will organize a Side Event & Report Launch at the Palais des Nations, on Mental Health in Times of War. 

 

What impact does living in a long-term situation of war, conflict, and insecurity have on the mental health of the population? We will launch our report on Mental Health in Times of War, conducted in partnership with the University of Montreal, which takes the situation in Lebanon from the civil war in the 1970s till today as a point of departure, and discuss the relevance of the findings to similar situations of long-term conflcit and/or state failure, e.g. in Afghanistan, the Congo (DRC), Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, or Yemen.

 

For further details, please see the Side Event flyer.

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