Apr 11th 2019 @ 9:30 – 12:00 – Ahead of Glion VI, 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 ‘Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council’. On Thursday 11th April 2019, the Permanent […]
May 2nd 2019 @ 13:30 – 17:00 – Ahead of Glion VI, 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 ‘Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council’. On Thursday 2nd May 2019, the Permanent […]
May 8th 2019 @ 9:00 – 12:30 – Ahead of Glion VI, 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 ‘Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council’. On Wednesday 8th May 2019, the Permanent […]
May 9th 2019 @ 10:00 – 12:30 – Ahead of Glion VI, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva and New York, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council’. On Thursday May 9th […]
May 9th 2019 @ 13:15 – 14:30 – The Permanent Missions of Iceland to the UN in New York and Geneva, together with the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN and the Universal Rights Group (URG NY) will host a luncheon on “‘New York perspectives on the General Assembly’s 2021-2026 review of the Human Rights Council’s status” on Thursday May 9th. The […]
May 10th 2019 @ All Day – On 10th May the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and SIDA, in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group will organise an informal meeting of development partners on how international cooperation can support national implementation of international human rights obligations and commitments. This will be the second informal meeting on the subject, following the inaugural […]
May 24th 2019 – Jun 24th 2019 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, was one of the largest gatherings of State delegates, international experts, and civil society (especially women’s rights groups) representatives in the history of the UN. With the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the conference represented a critical turning point in international efforts to promote gender equality, the empowerment of women and women’s rights. Endorsed by representatives from 189 […]
May 27th 2019 – May 28th 2019 @ 12:30 – 13:00 – 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 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the URG, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Botswana, Fiji, Iceland, Mexico, […]
May 30th 2019 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – The purpose of this (Chatham House Rules) policy dialogue is to give civil society representatives the opportunity to receive an update on the UN reforms, with a particular focus on the development system, and to consider implications and opportunities for human rights work. The Secretary General’s reforms focus on three key areas: management (secretariat), as […]
Jun 6th 2019 @ 12:00 – 13:00 – Universal Rights Group New York, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), and the UN Foundation are cosponsoring the global launch of: – The 2019 HRMI Human Rights Country Reports – HRMI Human Rights Data Portal – The URG-HRMI collaborative paper: “Is the global situation of human rights improving or deteriorating? Making the case for empirical […]
