Human Rights Research League

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

 

New HRRL Report on Revenge Killings in Afghanistan
2023-11-16 02:17 Over the past year and a half, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) has been conducting a research project documenting Revenge Killings and Other Serious Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan in the A...
HRRL-ONUC Seminar on Dealing with the Taliban, October 18, 2023
2023-10-19 00:20 On 18 October 2023, Human Rights Research League and Oslo New University College (ONUC) co-organized a seminar at ONUC on 'Dealing with the Taliban? Two Years of Atrocities after Regime Breakdown in A...
HRRL-NUPI Conference on Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan, October 11, 2023
2023-10-13 23:30 On 11 October 2023, Human Rights Research League (HRRL) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) co-organized a conference on 'Human Rights Violations in the Taliban's Afghanistan'....
HRRL-CMI Conference on the Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan, October 10, 2023
2023-10-11 21:30 On 10 October 2023, Human Rights Research League (HRRL), the University of Bergen, CMI, and the Centre on Law & Social Transformation co-organized a half-day conference to critically discuss the Human...
HRRL Statement on Yemen at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-10-11 19:17 During the General Debate on Item 10 at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on October 11, 2023, Human Rights Research League gave an oral statement on the grave situation of human rights ...
HRRL Statement on Lebanon at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-27 18:45 On September 27, 2023, during the General Debate on Item 4 at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Zeina Zerbe commented on behalf of Human Rights Research League on the further ...
HRRL Statement on Burundi at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-22 20:43 During the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement in connection with the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on th...
HRRL Side Event on Revenge Killings in Afghanistan at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-15 18:08 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, presenti...
HRRL Statements on Afghanistan at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2023-09-12 20:46 On the occasion of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Research League delivered an oral statement on Afghanistan during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special R...
Call for Participation: Research Project on Collective Trauma and Mental Health
2023-08-05 00:15 Human Rights Research League and the University of Montreal kindly invite you to participate in a research project on   'The Influence of a Permanently Failing Political and Security Environment on ...
HRRL: Joint Statement on Establishing Fact-Finding Mission into Beirut Port Explosion
2023-08-03 02:23 Human Rights Research League joins international and Lebanese organizations, survivors and families of the victims in a statement urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution e...

Conferences & calls

On September 30, 2022, Case Western Reserve University will host a day-long symposium on 'International Law and the New Cold War', discussing the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the international response to it as well as other recent events that may have transformed international law and international institutions. For further information and registration, please see the conference website.

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