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 54th Human Rights Council Session at the United Nations in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) held a Side Event on 13 September 2023 at the Palais des Nations, presenting findings from HRRL's recent research project on Revenge Killings and other Serious Human Rights Abuses in the Aftermath of the Taliban's Seizure of Power, and discussing the particularly challenging situation of women in the current climate of constant women's rights abuses, including the denial of the right to education and serious limitations on the right to work bordering Gender Apartheid. The event, co-sponsored by the University of Lund's Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, featured Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Fereshta Abbasi, Researcher in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, Zaman Sultani, Researcher South Asia at Amnesty International, Mohammad Abul Ahrar Ramizpoor, Research Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, and Tom Syring, Chairman of the Human Rights Research League. Please see the Side Event announcement as well as panel photographs and event images for further information.

Conferences & calls

On the occasion of the 54th Human Rights Council Session at the United Nations in Geneva, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) held a Side Event on 13 September 2023 at the Palais des Nations, presenting findings from HRRL's recent research project on Revenge Killings and other Serious Human Rights Abuses in the Aftermath of the Taliban's Seizure of Power, and discussing the particularly challenging situation of women in the current climate of constant women's rights abuses, including the denial of the right to education and serious limitations on the right to work bordering Gender Apartheid. The event, co-sponsored by the University of Lund's Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, featured Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Fereshta Abbasi, Researcher in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, Zaman Sultani, Researcher South Asia at Amnesty International, Mohammad Abul Ahrar Ramizpoor, Research Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, and Tom Syring, Chairman of the Human Rights Research League. Please see the Side Event announcement as well as panel photographs and event images for further information.

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