06 Apr 2023 ENNHRI Artificial intelligence How the Council of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Convention can safeguard human rights Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting on how people enjoy and exercise their human rights: strong binding standards are required to safeguard Read More
17 Mar 2023 ENNHRI General NHRIs meet in Geneva for ENNHRI’s first General Assembly of the year On 14 March 2023, representatives from 40 European National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) came together in Geneva for ENNHRI’s first General Read More
09 Mar 2023 ENNHRI Recognition of NHRIs Four key priorities that the Council of Europe’s Fourth Summit must commit to With war against Ukraine and overall backsliding on human rights, democracy and rule of law across Europe, a strong Council of Europe is more Read More
08 Mar 2023 ENNHRI Artificial intelligence, Guest Post Artificial intelligence and gender equality: how can we make AI a force for inclusion, instead of division? Although it may not seem so, artificial intelligence and gender equality are closely intertwined. In an interview for this year’s International Read More
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