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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RightOn – How to prevent COVID-19 becoming a humanitarian disaster in the context of conflict situations, refugee and IDP populations?'
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- May 20, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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RightOn – From crisis to opportunity: How to build back better?
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- May 13, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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RightOn – Contact tracing and challenges to privacy
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- May 6, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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RightOn – COVID-19 and women: The gendered impact of the crisis
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- April 29, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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POSTPONED - The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2020 (‘Glion VII’): 'Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights'
The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat bringing together around sixty 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 URG,...
- April 29, 2020 - All Day
- Hotel Le Mirador/ Chardonne
- By invitation only
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RightOn – Democracy in crisis?
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- April 22, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:15
- By invitation only
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RightOn – Inequality and discrimination during Covid-19
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG is...
- April 15, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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RightOn - Fighting online hate speech and fake news in a global crisis
The RightOn initiative will provide a platform for debate and exchange of ideas on topical human rights issues through regular webinars, which will take place every Wednesday at 3 PM CEST. The first of these Wednesday Web Chats will take place on 8th April 2020 on will focus on the issue of 'Fighting online hate speech and fake news in a global crisis'.
- April 8, 2020 - 15:00
- By invitation only
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POSTPONED - Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on 'Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights'
Ahead of Glion VII, 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 ‘Human rights in...
- March 26, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of Thailand/ Geneve 1202
- By invitation only
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Human rights and the UN Secretary-General’s prevention agenda: Where are we now?
Universal Rights Group NYC and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights would like to invite you to a panel event on human rights and UN Secretary-General Guterres’ prevention agenda. In October 2019, URG-NYC published the report...
- March 2, 2020 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Jacob Blaustein Institute/ New York City
- By invitation only