a cause-driven advisory group
We are a cause-driven advisory group partnering with NGOs and public institutions to uphold human rights, reinforce the rule of law, and renew the rules-based international order in times of crisis and uncertainty.
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Built from the input of 120+ human rights defenders, Human Rights Compass’s Top 10 Global Human Rights Trends maps how global realignment is hardening into a fractured order; and what this means for protection, accountability, civic space and defenders, and gender rights.
Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan
Published on 9 December 2025, this report examines how the European Union deprioritised human rights in its relationship with Azerbaijan at the very moment the country is undergoing its most intense period of repression since independence.
Notes from the Faultline
Published in October 2025, this Dispatch addresses the United Nations' legitimacy and leadership challenge: the UN must choose a woman from the Eastern European Group to lead it through the next decade.
