AHRI Declarations and Statements

2024: AHRI Statement on the War in Gaza

AHRI adopted the Statement on the War in Gaza at the 2024 Executive Committee/Board meeting held on 12 April 2024. The text of the statement is available in English, French, and Spanish.

2023: AHRI Bilbao Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

AHRI adopted the Bilbao Declaration at the 2023 AHRI Assembly Meeting on 9 September 2023. The text of the declaration is available in English, Spanish and French.

2022: AHRI Pretoria Declaration on Technology and Human Rights

AHRI adopted the Pretoria Declaration at the 2022 AHRI Assembly Meeting on 2 September 2022. The text of the declaration is available in English and French.

2022: AHRI Statement on the Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

AHRI has released a statement concerning the Russian invasion of the soverign nation of Ukraine. You can read the full statement here in English, French, Greek, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Russian.

2021: AHRI Maastricht Declaration on the Human Rights Backsliding in Poland

AHRI adopts Maastricht Declaration during the the 2021 AHRI Assembly Meeting, August 27-28, 2021. The text of the declaration is available in English, French, Polish, German, Italian, Chinese, and Spanish.

2019: AHRI Potsdam Declaration on the Relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

At the 2019 AHRI Conference in Potsdam, 5-7 September 2019, the Potsdam Declaration on the Relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights was adopted. The text of the declaration is available in English, Chinese, German, Italian and Spanish.

2018: AHRI Edinburgh Declaration on Renewing our Commitment to Human Rights

At the 2018 AHRI Conference in Edinburgh, 7-8 September 2018, the Edinburgh Declaration on Renewing our Commitment to Human Rights was adopted. The text of the declaration is available here. Translations are available in Chinese, French, Serbian and Spanish.

2017: AHRI Leuven Declaration on the Backlash Against Independent Human Rights Mechanisms

During the 2017 AHRI Conference in Leuven, Belgium, 27-28 April 2017, the General Assembly adopted the Leuven Declaration on the Backlash against Independent Human Rights Mechanisms. Translations are available in Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Espanol and Turkish.

2016: AHRI Utrecht Declaration on Academic Freedom

At the 2016 AHRI Conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands 2-3 September 2016 the Utrecht Declaration on Academic Freedom was adopted.

2015: AHRI Belgrade Declaration on the Refugee Crisis in Europe

At the 2015 AHRI Conference in Belgrade, Serbia – the Belgrade Declaration on the Refugee Crisis was adopted.

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