Announcement of the Competition Results We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed their work to the competition organized as part of the 5th Strasbourg Gathering
HRD Human Rights Defenders e.V. Briefing Paper · July 2026 Human Rights and the Rule of Law Ten Years After 15 July 2016 Persistent Threat Rhetoric, Mass Investigations and the
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A right is not restored through the mercy of the oppressor, but through the restoration of the rule of law. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Demir For years, hundreds of thousands of
Human Rights Defenders e.V. Berlin participated in the international conference on hate speech and hate crime held in Limerick, Ireland, on 28–29 May. The conference was organized by the Centre
Our legal struggle has yielded a historic result! Following the United Nations, the Constitutional Court of Turkey (AYM) has also ruled that the state is directly responsible for the death
We strongly condemn the practices of marginalization and hatred directed at the cherished memory of our late child Yusuf Tarık Gül, who lost his life in the tragic event in
Since our establishment, Human Rights Defenders e.V. (HRD) has been deeply committed to an uninterrupted global struggle to defend the fundamental rights of individuals who face human rights violations, endure
On International Women’s Day, March 8, when women all over the world cry out their demands for equality, justice, and freedom, we took to the streets of Berlin. We marched
As the team of Human Rights Defenders e.V. (HRD), we are in Kiel, Germany. Within the framework of the 21st JIWP International Conference on Judicial Independence, organized jointly by the
