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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FX 19 - Taking concrete steps to reduce polarization at the Human Rights Council: locating common ground on racial discrimination and intolerance
At a time of increasing polarisation at the Human Rights Council it has never been more important for States to sit down and find common solutions to critical human rights concerns that have long divided States in Room XX but...
- February 17, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
- By invitation only
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FX 18 - Gender, society, and human rights: a contemporary area of divergence at the Human Rights Council How to build mutual understanding and bridge differences?
Over the course of the life of the Human Rights Council, there have been certain human rights concerns that have regularly led to disagreement and division between States. These ‘issues of divergence’ have included: incitement to religious hatred/freedom of expression;...
- November 25, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
- By invitation only
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Glion VIII report launch and discussion: The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?
Invitation 28th September 2022, 13h00 – 14h00 (CEST), Mezzanine (2nd floor, E-Building, Palais des Nations) On behalf of the Governments of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the Universal Rights Group, we are delighted to invite you to a reception to mark...
- September 28, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:00
- Palais des Nations/ Geneva
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FX 17 - Prospects, opportunities, and challenges for the Human Rights Council to contribute to the General Assembly’s 2021-2026 review of the Council’s status
At the 2005 World Summit, UN member States decided to strengthen the human rights pillar by creating the Human Rights Council in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights. This decision was taken based on proposals contained in the-then UN...
- June 17, 2022 - 13:00 - 15:00
- Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Oslo+2 meeting on the contribution of human rights and development cooperation to prevention
On 8-9 June 2022, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Peace and Human Rights Division, and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will convene a meeting of bilateral and multilateral development...
- June 8, 2022 - All Day
- By invitation only
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The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2022 (‘Glion VIII’): ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment - what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat bringing together around sixty-five senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-oriented debate. This year’s Dialogue, which is organised by the Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the...
- May 16, 2022 - 0:00 - 23:59
- By invitation only
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Pre-Glion VIII policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
Ahead of Glion VIII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘The right to...
- April 27, 2022 - 9:30 - 13:00
- By invitation only
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Pre-Glion VIII policy dialogue with the Permanent Missions of Fiji and the Marshall Islands on ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
Ahead of Glion VIII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘The right to...
- April 26, 2022 - 8:30 - 12:00
- By invitation only
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Expert Seminar on the UN Recognition of the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
In October 2021, years of growing interest in the relationship between human rights, environment and climate change at the Human Rights Council culminated in an important milestone for the international community: the recognition of the universal rights to a clean,...
- April 12, 2022 - 14:30 - 18:00
- By invitation only
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FX 16 - Mobilising the UN human rights system to tackle economic, political, and social inequality and leave no one behind
In February 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Universal Rights Group launched a new diplomatic initiative in Geneva: the ‘Friday Exchange.’ The Friday Exchange is a series of quarterly informal policy dialogues (small roundtable discussions) designed to...
- March 11, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:30
- By invitation only