News and events
Learn about recent IHRA activities and upcoming events.
26 Mar 2025
Time to read: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
The work must go on: 25 years of the Stockholm Declaration
This reflection looks back at the 2000 Stockholm Declaration, whose principles have shaped Holocaust education, research, and remembrance globally. While IHRA’s work has since grown to include new focus areas and tools, the Declaration remains a foundational document in building international commitment.
19 Jan 2021
Time to read: 4 mins
The IHRA partners with the European Commission, the UN and UNESCO to raise global awareness of how to counter Holocaust distortion
This month, the IHRA will launch three important international initiatives to further its work of raising awareness of Holocaust distortion on multiple fronts.
18 Jan 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
IHRA Grant recipient #FakeImages to open
During World War II, antisemitic propaganda made clever use of stereotyping and conspiracy thinking. The exhibition #FakeImages, a 2020 IHRA Grant project, exposes how this kind of imaging works.
13 Jan 2021
Time to read: 1 min
Italian government amends racial persecution and compensation laws
Important changes to the law governing how victims of racial persecution in Italy and their relatives could seek compensation were made on 30 December, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) announced early this week.
08 Jan 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
EU Handbook for the practical use of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism published
The Handbook presents the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and relates its guiding examples to the contexts of real-world antisemitic incidents and crimes.
08 Dec 2020
Time to read: 2 mins
The IHRA reflects on 2020 as a historic year for Holocaust remembrance, and looks ahead to Greek Presidency in 2021, at Leipzig plenary
The IHRA brought together over 250 delegates from all over the world at an online plenary to discuss Holocaust education, remembrance and research at the end of an historic year with landmark anniversaries that also saw a global shift to digital platforms during the pandemic.
08 Oct 2020
Time to read: 1 min
The IHRA adopts working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
The IHRA announces the adoption of an internationally accepted non-legally binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination, emphasising the importance of remembering the genocide of Roma, and acknowledging that the neglect of this genocide has contributed to the prejudice and discrimination that many Roma communities experience today.
24 Sep 2020
Time to read: 1 min
Finland Supreme Court bans Neo-Nazi group
The Supreme Court of Finland ruled to uphold a ban on the neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement (PVL). This makes Finland the first to ban this group, which is still active in other countries in Northern Europe.
07 Jul 2020
Time to read: 1 min
The IHRA adopts Statement condemning rehabilitation by consensus
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), today has announced their adoption of a statement globally condemning attempts to rehabilitate the reputations of those complicit in the crimes of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
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