RightOn – Contact tracing and challenges to privacy

by Geneva

May 6th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

RightOn – From crisis to opportunity: How to build back better?

by Geneva

May 13th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

RightOn – How to prevent COVID-19 becoming a humanitarian disaster in the context of conflict situations, refugee and IDP populations?’

by Geneva

May 20th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

RightOn – Protecting the rights of older persons during the COVID19 pandemic

by Geneva

May 27th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

RightOn – Access to information and the safety of journalists in times of crisis

by Geneva

Jun 4th 2020 @ 16:00 – 17:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

Oslo+digital meeting on how a human rights based approach to development can ensure that we build back better

by Geneva

Jun 9th 2020 – Jun 10th 2020 @ 16:00 – 17:30 – On 9 and 10 June the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and The Netherlands, in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group (URG) will organise an informal meeting of development partners on ‘how a human rights based approach to development can ensure that we build back better.’ This will be the first digital meeting of […]

RightON – The economy, businesses, and livelihoods in a COVID-19 world

by Geneva

Jun 10th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – 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 launched a new digital initiative to keep the conversation on key human rights issues going […]

Launch of the Pacific Principles for National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRFs)

by Geneva

Jul 3rd 2020 @ 9:00 – 10:00 – Around the world, efforts are underway to give meaning to the global human rights implementation agenda and to move away from the ad hoc approach to monitoring and reporting of human rights obligations that has marked the previous decades towards a more sustained and integrated engagement with the UN (and regional) human rights mechanisms. The […]

The 2030 Agenda, Human Rights, and Building Back Better: What to Expect from the World’s Most Influential Companies

by URG-NYC Team

Jul 9th 2020 @ 8:00 – 9:00 – As countries and economies move to build back better following the COVID-19 pandemic, this multi-stakeholder and interactive dialogue, held on July 9 at 8:00AM-9:00AM EST / 14:00-15:00 CET, explored the role of transparency and accountability from the private sector in achieving the 2030 Agenda and human rights commitments alike. The dialogue ‘The 2030 Agenda, Human […]

Launch – Istanbul Process report and istanbulprocess1618.info website

by the URG team

Sep 9th 2020 @ 16:00 – 17:15 – On 18-19 November 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with the support of the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted the seventh meeting of the Istanbul Process. The meeting was entitled, ‘Combatting religious intolerance: building inclusive and resilient societies, and pushing back against incitement to hatred and violence.’ This was […]