Rights for Elders

Our project on the Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-Term Care aims to improve the human rights protection of older persons in long-term care, with particular emphasis on residential care. The EU-funded project commenced in January 2015 and will run until the end of 2017.

Rights for Elders

February 23, 2017

Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-Term Care

Our project on the Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-Term Care commenced in January 2015. This EU-funded project will run until the end of 2017 and aims to improve the human rights protection of older persons in long-term care, with particular emphasis on... Read more

Rights for Elders

June 21, 2018

89th CoE CDDH meeting on Older Persons, ESCR and BHR

Several challenging topics were on the agenda during the 89th Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) meeting, held on 21 June in Strasbourg. ENNHRI was represented by Senior Human Rights Officer Katrien Meuwissen.
1. Business & Human... Read more

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Agenda

June 26, 2019

European NHRIs take part in ENNHRI’s first peer-exchange visits, focusing on their role in (post-)conflict situations

In recent months, the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) of Armenia, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Serbia have taken part in the peer-exchange visits programme, a feature of ENNHRI’s Project on the role of NHRIs in situations of (post-)conflict. The programme stems from a call... Read more
Agenda

June 26, 2019

Civil society actors call for parliament debate and greater collaboration on the establishment of an NHRI in Italy

Italy is currently one of the last two EU member states without a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). To explore the steps ahead in realising the establishment of an Italian NHRI, representatives from Italian civil society, European NHRIs and regional organisations gathered at the Global... Read more
Agenda

June 26, 2019

ENNHRI makes submission to the European Commission on the role of NHRIs as partners in the EU’s Rule of Law Framework

ENNHRI has made a submission to the European Commission (DG JUST) underlining how National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can be structurally considered as partners in the context of the EU’s Rule of Law Framework. This comes in response to a communication from the European Commission,... Read more

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ENNHRI is a membership organisation incorporated as an international not-for-profit association under Title III of the Belgian law of 27 June 1921, with its registered office at Rue Royale 138, Brussels (company number 0541.593.956). ENNHRI’s goal, as stated in its statutes, is to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights across wider Europe.