18 Dec 2020 ENNHRI COVID-19, Guest Post, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rights of persons with disabilities during COVID-19: How have NHRIs responded? The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particular impact on persons with disabilities, who are severely affected by systemic challenges, some of which Read More
16 Dec 2020 ENNHRI Recognition of NHRIs European Commission presents strategy on implementing Charter of Fundamental Rights, highlighting role of NHRIs On 2 December, the European Commission published its new Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU. Read More
11 Dec 2020 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law, Guest Post Germany launches protection programme for human rights defenders at risk Guest post by Rosa Öktem, German Institute for Human Rights Earlier this year, the German Federal Foreign Office, working with the German Read More
11 Dec 2020 ENNHRI Communicating Human Rights, NHRI Academy How NHRIs can create a culture of rights: inspiration from the NHRI Academy The effective promotion of human rights is one of the core functions of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs). By raising awareness and Read More
11 Dec 2020 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law, Recognition of NHRIs ENNHRI conference calls for collaboration with NHRIs for stronger human rights, democracy and rule of law in Europe On 2 December, ENNHRI held its online Annual Conference, bringing together representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), Read More
10 Dec 2020 ENNHRI COVID-19, General NHRIs join the Human Rights Day Campaign “Recover Better – Stand up for human rights” Each year, 10 December marks Human Rights Day, the day when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Read More
01 Dec 2020 ENNHRI Economic & Social Rights NHRIs deliver recommendations on EU’s plan to implement social rights ENNHRI has contributed to the European Commission’s consultation on its Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights. In the Read More
30 Nov 2020 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law, Recognition of NHRIs 10 reasons to engage with NHRIs on human rights and democracy ENNHRI, in collaboration with other regional and global networks of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), has launched a guide for EU Read More
26 Nov 2020 ENNHRI Recognition of NHRIs Advancing human rights in EU internal and external policy: What opportunities for NHRIs? On 9 and 10 November, ENNHRI hosted two webinars focusing on opportunities for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to enhance human Read More
04 Nov 2020 ENNHRI Asylum & Migration Human rights must be at the centre of the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration in Europe ENNHRI has made a submission for the Regional Review of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM), providing information on the implementation of the Read More