The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), of which ICT is a member, held its 42th Congress from October 27 to 31, 2025, in Bogotá, Colombia. The event brought together 117 member organizations from across the world to reflect on key human rights challenges and strengthen strategies for collective action.
Starting with a public forum under the theme “Taking Action for a Sustainable World, Universal Rights and Just Societies”, the Congress offered a platform for in-depth discussions between human rights defenders, UN experts and academics on democracy and peace-building, gender-based violence, disinformation and new technologies, climate justice, and international justice, among others.
Speaking by video message, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Volker Türk said that human rights are universal and ...





