UN Activity

As an international human rights NGO with special consultative status at the UN, HRN has made various advocacy efforts toward the decision-making processes of UN human rights bodies and other international mechanisms to protect and promote human rights around the world.
HRN has urged UN bodies, such as the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly, to take appropriate measures to stop ongoing serious human rights violations and to bring justice to those responsible for such serious violations.
As an Asian-based international human rights NGO, HRN is able to add unique and independent value to the decision making processes of UN human rights mechanisms, where human rights remain politicized and voices on the ground are not sufficiently heard. HRN tries to change the debate over human rights in the world, where double standards remain embedded, and the voices of the most vulnerable people are ignored, while strong states and actors enjoy immunity over serious human rights violations. HRN believes that it is important to address the root causes of current international disputes and grave human rights violations, such as structural injustices and discrimination within the current international order.
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[Statement]
HRN Has Submitted an Oral Statement on COVID-19 and Human Rights for the 44th Human Rights Council Session in Geneva
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Written Statement submitted to 39th Human Rights Council session “Human Rights Now Expresses Grave Concern Over the Recent Escalation of Violence Between Occupied Palestine Territory and Israel”
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HRN Reports on a UN Security Council Debate and Side Event on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (2018)
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[Event]
HRN Reports on the 2018 United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine ~70 years after 1948 – Lessons to Achieve a Sustainable Peace~
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[Statement]
Human Rights Now signed a joint civil society statement on armed drones
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[Statement]
Human Rights Now co-signed an appeal demanding an end in violence and action for the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar
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[Statement]
HRN submits statements on political harassment in Cambodia and lawyer detentions in China to the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council
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[Report]
Human Rights Now submits a Report about Human Rights Issues in Japan to the Human Rights Committee
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[Report]
Regarding the UN Negotiating Committee on Nuclear Weapons Convention
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[Statement]
Japan: HRN’s oral statement on Freedom of Expression in Japan at the UN Human Rights Council 35th session.
As an international human rights NGO with special consultative status at the UN, HRN has made various advocacy efforts toward the decision-making processes of UN human rights bodies and other international mechanisms to protect and promote human rights around the world.
HRN has urged UN bodies, such as the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly, to take appropriate measures to stop ongoing serious human rights violations and to bring justice to those responsible for such serious violations.
As an Asian-based international human rights NGO, HRN is able to add unique and independent value to the decision making processes of UN human rights mechanisms, where human rights remain politicized and voices on the ground are not sufficiently heard. HRN tries to change the debate over human rights in the world, where double standards remain embedded, and the voices of the most vulnerable people are ignored, while strong states and actors enjoy immunity over serious human rights violations. HRN believes that it is important to address the root causes of current international disputes and grave human rights violations, such as structural injustices and discrimination within the current international order.