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International Service for Human Rights

Acronym: ISHR

General Information

Identification Code: 682324433929-51
Website: http://www.ishr.ch
Entity Form: association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/15/2019
Last Update: 2/20/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The International Service for Human Rights is an independent, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights. We achieve this by supporting human rights defenders, strengthening human rights systems, and leading and participating in coalitions for human rights change. With limited resources and high demand, our work focuses on those human rights defenders who are most at risk, where our support can protect and strengthen them as agents of change. This includes: •Defenders working on equality and non-discrimination, including women human rights defenders, LGBTIQ defenders, and anti-racism and migrant/refugee rights defenders. •Defenders seeking good governance and transparency •Defenders working on business and human rights, environment, and sustainability •Defenders working to promote democratic freedoms and advance accountability
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Migration and asylum
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • global
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: ISHR works with partners in the EU and with EU countries, including on foreign policy, multilateral human rights promotion, and as part of our programme on migrant rights. ISHR collaborates with EU and EU member states in human rights mechanisms such as the UN Human Rights Council and UN GA in New York. Specific initiatives include bilateral human rights dialogues; implementation of EU Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders; and EU foreign policy at multilateral and regional human rights institutions, including through the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN).
Communication Activities: ISHR projects focus on our three areas of work, namely capacity-building and advocacy support to defenders; engagement with UN member states and systems to improve accessibility and effectiveness; and at the national level, particularly in Latin America, West and Central Africa as well as in Asia, to advance laws and policies which explicitly recognize and protect HRDs. Information about activities (including consultations at international and regional level), and events (predominantly in Geneva and New York), is available on our website.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 1 rue de Varembé
Post Code: 1211
City: Genève
Country: SWITZERLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 41
Phone Number: 229197100

EU Office

Address: 1 rue de Varembé
Post Code: 1211
City: Genève
Country: SWITZERLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 41
Phone Number: 229197100

Financial Data

Closed Year:
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Funding Sources:
  • Grants
Contributions:
  • Amount: 0
    Currency: €
    _id:
    Buffer:
    0: 104
    1: 64
    2: 60
    3: 238
    4: 158
    5: 212
    6: 182
    7: 32
    8: 86
    9: 90
    10: 10
    11: 118
  • Amount: 0
    Currency: €
    _id:
    Buffer:
    0: 104
    1: 64
    2: 60
    3: 238
    4: 158
    5: 212
    6: 182
    7: 32
    8: 86
    9: 90
    10: 10
    11: 119
  • Amount: 0
    Currency: €
    _id:
    Buffer:
    0: 104
    1: 64
    2: 60
    3: 238
    4: 158
    5: 212
    6: 182
    7: 32
    8: 86
    9: 90
    10: 10
    11: 120
Total Budget: 3860002
Grants:
    Current Year:
    Grants:
      Complementary Information: ISHR's budgets are in CHF currency. The above amounts are therefore calculations based on the current exchange rate between CHF and EUR. In 2022, ISHR had only three donors whose contributions exceeded 10% of the total budget.

      Membership Information

      Members25 Percent: 3
      Members: 3
      Members F T E: 0.75
      Info Members: The Brussels Liaison also carries responsibilities for additional activities undertaken in regional and thematic areas; key staff in Geneva lead on engagement with Member States in the context of the UN Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, as well as working on human rights defender protection and on fundraising/development.

      Structure

      Structure Type: Structure
      Is Member Of: ISHR is not a membership-based organisation; rather we work with a range of partners in international, regional and national levels, from a wide variety of countries.
      Organisation Members: ALLIED - Alliance for Land, Indigenous and Environmental Defenders (https://allied-global.org/about/) HRCnet (https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/hrcnet/) UNARC - UN Anti-Racism Coalition (https://unarc.org/members/)

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