Human Rights Blog

Pakistan Floods: the importance of building back better

Nov 08, 2022 - Zulfiqar Shah, NHRF’s local consultant in Pakistan

"The new infrastructure must not only be climate sensitive and climate resilient, but also be constructed in a participatory manner taking into consideration the local needs", says Zulfiqar Shah, our local consultant in Pakistan.

From Brasov to Bedford Stuyvesant and back

Oct 15, 2021 - Edwin Rekosh, Co-Founder of Rights CoLab

At Rights CoLab, we aim to facilitate collaboration on civil society innovation to advance human rights.

Pakistan’s proposed media law: A threat to the freedom of the press

Sep 28, 2021 - Zulfiqar Shah, human rights and labour rights expert, and NHRF's local consultant in Pakistan.

Earlier this September, Pakistani media workers - including journalists, bloggers, vloggers and editors of newspapers and TV channels - boycotted the joint session of the Parliament in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, where the new law curbing freedom of the press would be discussed.

Discourses on Sustainable Development: Perspectives of defenders in environmental conflicts

Sep 16, 2021 - Lorena Schwab De La O, Maestría en la teoría y práctica de los derechos humanos y previa pasantía en el FNDH

There is no doubt that to mitigate climate change and ensure the existence and health of future generations, it is necessary to join efforts and transform the ways we produce energy.

Fighting for pride and our citizenship

Jun 23, 2021

Dayana Blanco is the Director of NHRF's grantee Ilex Acción Jurídica, an organisation of Afro-descendant women lawyers working for social justice. Read Dayana's blog about the situation of LGBTQIA+ rights in Colombia.

Our life, our pride

Jun 21, 2021 - Umesh P., initiator and leader of the Praxis Jeeva project, and Anita Cheria, NHRF's local consultant in India.

The journey to fulfill the rights of LGBTIQ people in India has been a combination of legal battles, policy changes, and personal and collective journeys of assertion and solidarity. The communities' struggle for a caring, legitimate safe space in the society continues, and this year’s Pride Month is more important than ever.