The European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels (BE) and registered in Dublin (IR). It was created in January 2015.

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The intersection between migrant workers’ abuses and the climate crisis in the United Arab Emirates

Purna, Til and Man Bahadur are the names of three South Asian men who migrated [...]

Censorship in Saudi Arabia – online media restrictions

In an era where digital platforms allow for unprecedented access to information, some nations are [...]

Kuwait’s Amnesty Scheme: a ploy to get rid of illegal migrants?

The Kuwaiti government has announced that from March 17 to June 17 illegal migrants, such [...]

WTA and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia

On April 4 2024, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) finalized an agreement with the Saudi [...]

The nomination of Saudi Arabia for the presidency of the United Nations Women’s Rights Commission

At the end of March 2024, Saudi Arabia was appointed to chair the 69th session [...]

The ban on withholding worker’s passports under the light of the 2020 executive regulations

For decades, migrant workers who moved to Saudi Arabia have faced hardships in seeing their [...]

Silent Slaughter: The Untold Tragedy of Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

Last August, Human Rights Watch revealed that between March 2022, and June 2023 the Saudi [...]

New assault on freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia: 12 football fans imprisoned for peaceful chants

On 27 March 2024 Amnesty International and eight other civil society organizations issued a joint [...]

NGOs at HRC55: Israel subjects Palestinians to racist policies that incite genocidal behavior

On March 28th, ECDHR and other NGOs delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation [...]

ECDHR at HRC55: The complete absence of international justice have facilitated an environment of impunity

On March 27th, ECDHR and other NGOs delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation [...]

NGOs at HRC55: War Crimes Against The Populations Of Yemen and Palestine Must Come To An End  

On March 21st, ECDHR and other NGOs delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation [...]

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