Oct 22nd 2019 @ 13:00 – 14:15 – Environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) are individuals and groups who ‘strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the environment.'[1] They come from many different backgrounds and work in different ways. Some are lawyers or journalists, but many are ‘people living in remote villages, forests or mountains, who may not even be aware that […]
Oct 23rd 2019 @ 13:15 – 14:30 – On the occasion of the launch of the report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (A/74/161), this side-event will discuss the devastating effects of the current global climate emergency on the enjoyment of human rights, and the crucial role for human rights […]
Oct 29th 2019 @ 13:15 – 14:45 – Universal Rights Group NYC and the Jacob Blaustein Institute have co-organized this launch and discussion of Universal Rights Group NYC’s report on the present status of Human Rights up Front: ‘Policy or Aspiration: Shedding Light on the Current Status of the UN’s Human Rights Up Front Initiative.’ The question of ‘what happened to Human Rights […]
Nov 18th 2019 – Nov 19th 2019 @ All Day – The main intergovernmental policy framework for combatting religious intolerance 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, and hailed by stakeholders from all regions and […]
Nov 28th 2019 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – On Thursday 28th November 2019, the Universal Rights Group will host a lunch discussion on the current status of the UN’s Human Rights Up Front Initiative. The event will also mark the publication of a new report by Universal Rights Group NYC. The report details the development of HRuF from its birth to its current […]
Dec 5th 2019 @ 18:30 – 20:30 – On Thursday 5th December, the Permanent Mission of Norway will host a Human Rights end-of-year reception to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council in the past year. The reception, organised in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group (URG), will also mark the launch of the third yourHRC.org end-of-year report: ‘The Human […]
Dec 12th 2019 @ 15:00 – 16:30 – On 12 December at UNHQ, the Mission of Switzerland to the UN and the New York Office of Universal Rights Group will convene a dialogue entitled ‘Towards 2026 – Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council.’ Given the upcoming Human Rights Council review in 2021-2026 by the General Assembly (GA), this dialogue is […]
Dec 13th 2019 @ 13:15 – 14:30 – The Human Rights Council Membership Contact Group in Geneva is an informal cross-regional group of friends supported by the Geneva office of Universal Rights Group. The contact group endeavours to strengthen universality, inclusivity and diversity at the Council by encouraging States with a demonstrable commitment to human rights and democracy, especially Small States that have […]
Feb 6th 2020 @ All Day – Building on earlier work by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms have been actively engaged on the topic of human rights and the environment. They have made enormous progress in clarifying and setting down the human rights normative framework as it relates to the environment and to environmental protection. […]
Feb 6th 2020 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – On Thursday 6th February, the Universal Rights Group and Facebook will be organising an informal lunchtime roundtable discussion (held under the Chatham House rule) on the important issue – relevant to a number of initiatives at the Human Rights Council (e.g. resolutions on combatting religious intolerance, on racism, on freedom of expression) – of ‘managing […]
