Feb 25th 2019 @ 14:30 – 15:30 – Environmental human rights defenders are key to the realisation of human rights, sustainable development and to advancing the 2030 Agenda. In light of the severe risks that defenders continue to face in this area, and given the serious and broad implicantions of the situation, it is essential to send a strong message in support of […]
Report Launch – Vision 2021: What is the General Assembly’s 2021-2026 review, and how might the Human Rights Council usefully contribute?
Mar 6th 2019 @ 13:00 – 14:45 – Between 2021 and 2026, the General Assembly is scheduled to consider the question of the status of the Human Rights Council, i.e. whether it should remain a subsidiary body or become a main body of the United Nations. Although the GA has not formally requested the Council to conduct a review of its work and […]
The Digital Society and Human Rights: Putting Human Rights at the Heart of the Design, Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence
Mar 14th 2019 @ 15:30 – 16:30 – On Thursday 14 March, the Universal Rights Group in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Germany, the Geneva Academy and the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project of the University of Essex, will be organising an event in the sidelines of the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council entitled ‘The Digital Society and […]
DEFENDER los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente
Mar 27th 2019 – Mar 28th 2019 @ All Day – DEFENDER EN AMÉRICA LATINA: Seminario internacional sobre la situación de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos, de la tierra y del medio ambiente. Este Seminario internacional pretende ofrecer un espacio, en el contexto temporal del XX aniversario de la adopción de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y en el contexto espacial de América Latina, para […]
UN reforms and human rights: A civil society policy dialogue
Mar 27th 2019 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – On Wednesday 27th March, the Universal Rights Group New York City office at CUNY is organising a policy dialogue discussing the UN reforms and human rights. The panel consists of experts in the field of UN reforms, both from the United Nations and civil society. The purpose of this Policy Dialogue is to give civil […]
Exploring ways of easing the treaty body reporting burden on Small States
Apr 4th 2019 @ 9:30 – 13:00 – This discussion is being convened by the Governments of the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI), namely Chile, Denmark, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia and Morocco, together with Switzerland and Costa Rica, in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Universal Rights Group (URG), with the purpose of hearing from Small States and exploring fresh ideas of how […]
Transitional Justice: Rising Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Apr 4th 2019 @ 13:15 – 14:30 – Must RSVP HERE This event is co-organized by the NYC Office of Universal Rights Group, and the European Union Delegation to the UN. Transitional justice covers the spectrum of processes and mechanisms by which countries emerging from conflict or repression seek to reinstate the rule of law and come to terms with serious and systemic […]
The Istanbul Process and the implementation of the UN’s action plan to combat religious intolerance: Taking stock after 8 years
Apr 8th 2019 @ 9:30 – 17:30 – The main UN global policy framework for combatting religious intolerance, stigmatisation, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons based on religion or belief is set down in Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 and its sister resolution at the General Assembly – GA resolution 66/167. Resolutions 16/18 and 66/167 were adopted by consensus in 2011, […]
The Istanbul Process and the implementation of the UN’s action plan to combat religious intolerance: Taking stock after 8 years
Apr 8th 2019 @ 9:30 – 17:30 – The main UN global policy framework for combatting religious intolerance, stigmatisation, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons based on religion or belief is set down in Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 and its sister resolution at the General Assembly – GA resolution 66/167. Resolutions 16/18 and 66/167 were adopted by consensus in 2011, […]
Building an international human rights implementation agenda: the emergence and evolution of National Mechanisms for Implementation Reporting and Follow-Up (NMIRFs)
Apr 11th 2019 – Apr 12th 2019 @ All Day – A first-ever regional workshop for dialogue, good practice exchange, and cooperation on NMRIFs will take place in the Pacific in April 2019, to be hosted by the Government of Fiji. It will be organised by the Regional Rights Resource Team of the Pacific Community and the Universal Rights Group, through the UK-funded Pacific Commonwealth Equality […]
