12 Jan 2023 ENNHRI Climate Change and Human Rights ENNHRI intervenes before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in three historic climate cases ENNHRI has submitted third-party interventions to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the landmark climate cases of Duarte Read More
16 Dec 2022 ENNHRI General NHRIs gather for ENNHRI’s first General Assembly in person since 2019 From 22-23 November 2022, ENNHRI held its first in-person General Assembly meeting since the onset of COVID-19. Over 80 representatives from 43 Read More
14 Dec 2022 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law NHRIs and other human rights defenders continue to achieve positive change despite narrowing civic space European National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are stepping up their support for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the region. NHRIs play a Read More
14 Dec 2022 ENNHRI Rights of Older Persons How European NHRIs can contribute to a new UN Convention on the Human Rights of Older Persons A new ENNHRI guidance paper outlines the current approaches towards a new Convention and key recent developments in this regard. It also sets out Read More
07 Dec 2022 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law, Recognition of NHRIs Council of Europe Guidelines on preventing and remedying European Convention on Human Rights violations promote greater role for NHRIs In this guest article, Dr Simona Drenik Bavdek, Counsellor to the Ombudsman and Assistant Head of the Center for Human Rights at the Human Rights Read More
30 Nov 2022 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law Partners in protecting fundamental rights, democracy and rule of law: ENNHRI meets European Commission Vice-President, Věra Jourová On 21 November 2022, ENNHRI’s Chair, Sirpa Rautio, met with the European Commission’s Vice-President, Věra Jourová. They discussed further Read More
23 Nov 2022 ENNHRI General ENNHRI convenes meeting between the Human Rights Commissioners of Ukraine and the Russian Federation On the occasion of its 2022 General Assembly meeting in Brussels, ENNHRI organised a meeting between the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Read More
17 Nov 2022 ENNHRI UN Paris Principles Outcomes of the October 2022 session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation announced  In October 2022, the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) assessed five Read More
16 Nov 2022 ENNHRI Democracy & Rule of Law, Recognition of NHRIs Landmark report from Council of Europe’s High-Level Reflection Group calls for a paradigm shift Against the backdrop of war and seismic change in Europe, the Council of Europe convened a High-Level Reflection Group earlier this year. Its Read More
07 Oct 2022 ENNHRI Climate Change and Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals New Council of Europe recommendation on human rights and protection of the environment ENNHRI welcomes the recent Council of Europe recommendation on human rights and the protection of the environment. This calls on member States to Read More