ENNHRI is the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. Our goal is to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights across the wider Europe region, by bringing together NHRIs to work on a wide range of human rights issues and supporting their development.
National Human...
March 6, 2019
ENNHRI’s General Assembly meeting took place on 4 March in Geneva, where Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, affirmed her office’s readiness to support and collaborate with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).
The meeting began with the announcement of two new...
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March 7, 2019
A new ENNHRI leaflet introduces how National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in advancing a human rights-based approach to poverty reduction and measurement. It outlines how the SDGs framework can serve as an opportunity for NHRIs to better... Read more
March 12, 2019
ENNHRI provided input on a timely new draft of the Practical Guidance on alternatives to immigration detention. ENNHRI’s Asylum and Migration (A&M) Working Group suggested amendments to ensure compliance with human rights standards and highlighted the role of NHRIs in this area.
The Council...
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From 25 to 27 March
Dates: 25-27 March 2019
Location: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Background
Violations of economic and social rights can be both a cause and consequence of conflict. A poor standard of living and a lack of access to work, education, adequate housing and social protection, coupled with ongoing (...)
From 13 to 14 February
The main goals of the meeting are to: Explore the role of NHRIs to promote and protect human rights in non-government controlled areas, in compliance with the Paris Principles, and build a common understanding of this role among NHRIs and key stakeholders; Identify, where possible, strategies (...)
From 13 to 14 November 2018
The ENNHRI Asylum & Migration Working Group will meet in November 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
The main goals of the meeting are to: share experiences on A&M issues; discuss the outcome of the survey which was circulated in August; define the WG priorities for 2019, including a topic (...)
ENNHRI is a membership organisation incorporated as an international not-for-profit association under Title III of the Belgian law of 27 June 1921, with its registered office at Rue Royale 138, Brussels (company number 0541.593.956). ENNHRI’s goal, as stated in its statutes, is to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights across wider Europe.
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