Engaging the UN human rights system in driving progress towards…
- March 28, 2024 - 12:00 - 13:00
- Room XXII, Palais des Nations/ Geneva
- BY INVITATION ONLY
future events
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Oslo+4 meeting of international development partners
On 6-7 May 2024, the European Commission’s HRBA expert group, with the support of the Belgium Presidency and Universal Rights Group, will convene the Oslo+4 meeting at the British Residence (17, rue Ducale/Hertogsstraat). In addition to continuing to provide a space for bilateral...
- May 6, 2024 - All Day
- British Residence / Brussels
- By invitation only
past events
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Pre-Glion X Policy Dialogue with the Permanent Missions of Paraguay and Portugal on 'Key characteristics and good practices in the establishment and development of NMIRFs'
The Permanent Missions of Paraguay and Portugal will host the first of three preparatory Policy Dialogue ahead of the 2024 Glion Human Rights Dialogue (Glion X). The overall theme of this year’s Glion is: ‘Transforming universal norms into local reality...
- April 23, 2024 - 14:30 - 17:30
- Permanent Mission of Paraguay/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Engaging the UN human rights system in driving progress towards a mine-free world: HRC55 side event
Ahead of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April), and on behalf of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan...
- March 28, 2024 - 12:00 - 13:00
- Room XXII, Palais des Nations/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Informal meeting between the delegates of the Trust Fund and the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership
The co-chairs of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership, the Maldives and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Coordinator of the LDCs/SIDS Trust Fund and Universal Rights Group, are organising an informal meeting between the delegates of...
- March 22, 2024 - 14:00 - 15:00
- Palais des Nations/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Championing recognition, participation and protection of environmental defenders through high-level collaboration and coordination: The Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders Initiative
LEAD: Championing recognition, participation and protection of environmental defenders through high-level collaboration and coordination Environmental defenders are the driving force in advocating for urgent actions needed to address the triple planetary crisis, consistently leading reforms necessary to protect people (especially...
- March 11, 2024 - 8:30 - 9:45
- By invitation only
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Advancing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: Options and ways forward to advance the R2E, as well as broader rights-based approaches to environmental policy
Around two years after the adoption of the twin Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions recognising the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (HRC/RES/48/13, and A/RES/76/300), and as the tenure of David Boyd as Special Rapporteur on...
- March 7, 2024 - 8:15 - 9:45
- Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
- By invitation only
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Consultations for civil society and other stakeholders in Kenya to share good practices on leveraging State engagement with the UN human rights mechanisms to advance SRHR
URG proposes to organise a workshop/consultation with Kenyan civil society, the national human rights institution, Parliamentarians, and the media, to provide a space for frank dialogue under the Chatham House rule, where participants can share views, good practices and the...
- March 1, 2024 - 9:00 - 14:00
- Jacaranda Hotel/ Nairobi
- By invitation only
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Policy dialogue: What role for the UN human rights system in securing an end to ‘the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines for all people for all time’?
According to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor maintained by the ICBL, in 2021 there were 5,544 casualties of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), (2,182 people were killed and 3,355 injured), 75% of which were civilians, including 1,696...
- February 15, 2024 - 13:00 - 14:30
- By invitation only
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FX 21 - Combatting intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief
As we begin 2024, there are worrying signs that the international consensus around tackling religious intolerance, symbolised by the 16/18 action plan, is fraying, and the practical on-the-ground progress achieved since 2011 risks becoming undone. Burnings of the Quran and...
- February 9, 2024 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Meeting of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership
The co-chairs of the HRC membership Contact Group, Maldives and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, are organising the next expert-level meeting of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership. The Contact...
- February 1, 2024 - 10:00 - 11:30
- Universal Rights Group/ Geneve
- By invitation only
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UK-URG half-day retreat for new members of the HRC
The Universal Rights Group, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, is organising the 2024 annual informal retreat for new members of the Council. The retreat is an annual information-sharing and capacity-building event, begun in 2015, and...
- January 29, 2024 - 9:30 - 12:30
- Residence of the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom/ Geneva
- By invitation only
