Jun 28th 2018 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – On Thursday 28th June 2018, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, Italy, the Maldives, Morocco, the Philippines, Romania, and Spain. in cooperation with OHCHR, the IPU, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Universal Rights Group will organise a side event in the margins of the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council on […]
Sep 5th 2018 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – The Glion V retreat and its preparatory policy dialogues, looked at the human rights implications of the on-going UN reform process, launched in 2017 by the Secretary-General, António Guterres; and the parallel efforts of the Human Rights Council to strengthen its efficiency and effectiveness. By seeking to understand where and how the human rights […]
Sep 24th 2018 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – On Monday 24th September 2018, the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Universal Rights Group (URG) will host a lunch reception to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2018 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is the fourth annual yourHRC.org Guide to the UN Human Rights Council Elections. It provides general information on the 2018 Council elections (scheduled for […]
Nov 21st 2018 @ 11:00 – 13:00 – The Commonwealth, Universal Rights Group and the Bingham Centre, in cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will be hosting a roundtable discussion and publication launch on 21st November 2018 entitled ‘The global human rights implementation agenda: the key role of national parliaments and civil society.’ The meeting […]
Nov 26th 2018 @ 10:00 – 11:30 – A key contemporary priority of the Human Rights Council and the UN’s wider human rights pillar is to promote and support the domestic implementation of State’s international human rights obligations and commitments. This emerging ‘implementation agenda’ is focused, squarely, on translating universal norms into local reality, and ensuring that the international human rights system has a real […]
Jan 9th 2019 – Jan 10th 2019 @ All Day – Reservations to the core human rights treaties, entered at the time of ratification, are extremely widespread and, because they have direct implications for a State’s obligations under international law, have real and immediate consequences for the level of protection afforded to human rights at the domestic level. Questions over the compatibility of these treaties, or […]
Jan 15th 2019 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – On 15th January, the Permanent Missions of Denmark and Chile on behalf of the Group of Friends on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and with support of the Universal Rights Group will be organising a reception to mark the first intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council on human rights and […]
Jan 22nd 2019 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – On Tuesday 22th January, the Permanent Mission of Norway hosted a Human Rights Council New Year reception to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council last year, and to look forward at 2019. The reception, organised in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group (URG), also marked the launch of the third yourHRC.org end-of-year report: […]
Jan 31st 2019 @ 9:30 – 12:00 – Reservations to the core human rights treaties, entered at the time of ratification, are extremely widespread and, because they have direct implications for a State’s obligations under international law, have real and immediate consequences for the level of protection afforded to human rights at the domestic level. In 2017, URG published the results of a […]
Feb 5th 2019 – Feb 8th 2019 @ All Day – As a region with strong democratic and rule of law traditions, the Pacific has strategic importance in accelerating ratification and active implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT, or Convention). The region already has many good laws, policies and practices in respect of constitutional and […]
