Resources and Tools

This resource provides a step-by-step guide of how to register to attend the Human Rights Council on the Indico platform. ISHR Tips & Tricks are a series of guides aimed to support human rights defenders in their advocacy with international and regional human rights mechanisms.

This handbook is a practical tool for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to work with the Special Procedures, the UN’s independent human rights experts assigned to investigate and report on situations of human rights. The information provided in this guide will help NGOs engage more strategically with the Special Procedures to increase the impact of the experts' work around the world.

This table provides a comparison of the main UN human rights mechanisms, to help you decide what might be most useful for your advocacy. Tips & Tricks are a series of guides aimed to support human rights defenders in their advocacy with international and regional human rights mechanisms.

An example of the Human Rights Council Programme of Work (September session).

This resource provides a list of useful supporting documents you may with to prepare before coming to Geneva. ISHR Tips & Tricks are a series of guides aimed to support human rights defenders in their advocacy with international and regional human rights mechanisms.

Launched by a coalition of 39 NGOs, this report documents a pattern of increased and specific threats against those who work on business and human rights issues in the Americas. The report covers the conditions faced by defenders of the rights to land, territory and the environment who work throughout the continent on issues regarding the impact of large-scale economic projects by public and private, national and international companies.

English Version. Available in English and Spanish.

This report provides a snapshot of experiences of intimidation, restrictions and reprisals rather than an exhaustive review. By documenting and analysing examples of intimidation, restrictions and reprisals, the report aims to persuade decision-makers of the negative impact of such practices, and to assist and inform efforts to contest them. A series of recommendations are provided.

English Version. Available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

This submission to the 24th Annual Meeting of Special Procedures examines the steps taken and those still required by UN Special Procedures to respond to civil society recommendations to strengthen this mechanism.

This submission to the 23rd Annual Meeting of Special Procedures outlines practical changes that would further enhance the Special Procedures’ efforts to ensure an effective and accessible platform for the promotion and protection of human rights globally.

The Human Rights Council Monitor is an ISHR publication reporting on all the key developments at the Council and its mechanisms. 2016 marks the end of the first decade of the Council’s work, and an opportunity to take stock of progress, spell out an overarching vision for the future and initiate necessary course corrections. This anniversary edition of ISHR’s Human Rights Monitor, features an impressive line-up of human rights defenders, national and international policy makers, political leaders, and human rights experts from all regions.