Come along and enjoy some creative art activities with a human rights twist.

Write a letter, change a life. Join Amnesty International for Write for Rights

The perfect Christmas night out for you and colleagues. Filled with laughter and fun at The Belfast Barge. Join us for a hilarious lineup of comedians who will have you rolling in your seats.

How can transitional justice transform the Kurdish conflict in Turkey by centralising the experience of victims-survivors & grassroots activists? Come & discuss with Dr Nisan Alıcı the publication of the book “Transitional Justice & the Kurdish Conflict: A Grassroots Approach”

Free Lough Neagh event: Towards a just settlement for Lough Neagh

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on how humanity can shape technology before technology reshapes humanity.

Accredited sexual orientation and gender identity awareness training.

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher delivers the 2025 CAJ Annual Lecture on the NCND policy and its consequences for legacy investigations and public accountability. In-person event; RSVP required.

A fundraiser for Gaza: All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians

An evening to explore memory, human rights, and creative testimony.

The textiles depicted the lived experiences of women from a wide variety of cultures and life situations conveying stories of conflict, struggle and survival

Join Rural Community Network at the Human Rights Festival 2025 to explore how the Rural Needs Act (NI) 2016 is driving accountability in policymaking for Northern Ireland’s rural communities.

Join Migration Justice at the Law Centre NI to learn about the right to seek asylum.

Hands-on workshop with Ulster University Cinematic Arts students and filmmaker TJ Harvey Kelly, who will teach participants how to plan, shoot, and edit a short documentary using their smartphones.

Join Just Fair and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford in marking International Human Rights Day with the online launch of ‘Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights’ by Katie Boyle, Diana Camps, Kirstie Ken English, Jo Edson Ferrie, Aidan Flegg, and Gaurav Mukherjee

Filmmaker Esther Vital presents her stop-motion animated documentary Searching Heleny (Cadê Heleny), which traces the life of Heleny Guariba, a philosopher, theatre director, and activist who was arrested and disappeared in 1971 during Brazil’s dictatorship.

Find out how to challenge the far-right weaponisation of ending violence against women and girls

The John and Pat Hume Foundation and INCORE are delighted that Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, the distinguished international human rights lawyer, will deliver an address on ‘Lawyers in the Firing Line: Attacking the Advocates'

Film screening and panel discussion of My Father's Diaries, in which, thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, Ado Hasanović delves into his father's incredible story by exploring his diaries and footage from those years.

This Panel discussion explores how struggles for human rights in Pakistan, Northern Ireland, and beyond, though shaped by different contexts, often reflect shared patterns—state hostility, deep-rooted prejudice, and the emotional weight of long-term activism.

In this lecture, Selma Ćatović Hughes explores how using visual methodology in meaning-making artistic practice can transform traumatic memory into narrative memory and facilitate a social platform for individual and collective healing, remembrance, and resilience.

Join the Civic Initiative for a panel discussion on new approaches to deliberative democracy as part of the NI Human Rights Festival

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is launching its 2025 Annual Human Rights Statement, detailing the state of human rights in NI.

A powerful journey of reflection, conversation, education and connection. STOP AND THINK ABOUT THIS is a supportive programme created for women (18-50yrs) to explore what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like — and to better understand the choices they make.

Human Rights and Faith Communities  -  Protecting freedom of religion and belief

How should the right to an assisted death be introduced in Northern Ireland? Have your say. Join Northern Ireland Humanists for a panel discussion drawing on international evidence, the Oireachtas commission a Lucid Talk poll of local opinion and personal experience.

An event bringing together judiciary, legal experts, academics and others to explore policy and legislative developments in the context of domestic violence and abuse and other emerging trends in the digital age.  

Victim blaming comes in many forms and can be subtle and unconscious. In this session, we explore examples of victim blaming in the media and myths about sexual harassment and violence.

A changed society, the future of gender equality in Northern Ireland