RightON – SDGs and Human Rights: leading the way to COVID-19 response and recovery

by Geneva

Sep 30th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – The global COVID-19 crisis is exposing and exacerbating existing human rights violations and inequalities with a devastating effect on vulnerable groups and societies. The challenges brought about by the pandemic have in fact placed even greater strain on the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  in the Decade of Action. Despite these negative developments, […]

Human Rights Roundtable: ‘Risks to human rights and credible elections during an online infodemic’

by URG-NYC Team

Oct 7th 2020 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – Universal Rights Group NYC and the Carter Center co-organized a digital roundtable as part of the Forum on Human Rights: “Risks to human rights and credible elections during an online ‘infodemic.'” The roundtable took place on 7 October 2020 at from 1:00PM – 2:00PM EDT. While digital innovations have empowered people around the world, they […]

Launch of the yourHRC Guide to the 2020 UN Human Rights Council Elections

by Geneva

Oct 8th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – On Thursday 8th October 2020, the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted a digital event to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2020 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report was the sixth annual yourHRC.org Guide to the UN Human Rights Council Elections. It provided general information on the 2020 Council elections, when […]

Pre-Glion VII policy dialogue with Mission of Iceland: ‘Putting digital technology at the service of equality and non-discrimination, including in the area of economic, social and cultural rights’

by URG-NYC Team

Oct 20th 2020 @ 13:30 – 15:00 – Ahead of Glion VII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations, organised a series of informal policy dialogues designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘human rights in the digital age.’ On Tuesday October 20th at 1:30PM the Permanent Mission of Iceland to the UN and […]

Collective protection of environmental and land defenders: Lessons from Latin America and Africa

by Geneva

Oct 21st 2020 @ 9:00 – 10:30 – This webinar aimed to provide an overview of collective protection as understood around the world and share concrete examples so that organisations working to support these defenders can learn from each other and develop strategies that are appropriate for their unique contexts. In this sense, it sought to answer the following questions, among others: What […]

Pre-Glion VII policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on ‘Putting digital technology at the service of equality and non-discrimination, including in the area of economic, social and cultural rights’

by Geneva

Oct 30th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:45 – Ahead of Glion VII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, organised a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights’. On Friday 30th October 2020, the […]

Pre-Glion VII policy dialogue with the Permanent Missions of Fiji and the Seychelles on ‘Making digital technology work for civil and political rights, democracy and elections’

by Geneva

Nov 3rd 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:30 – Ahead of Glion VII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, organised a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights’. On Tuesday 3rd November 2020, the […]

Policy Dialogue on ‘The Human Rights Council-Security Council relationship: strengthening coherence as a key contribution to the UN prevention agenda’

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Nov 23rd 2020 – Nov 24th 2020 @ 14:00 – 16:00 – On Monday and Tuesday 23 & 24 November 2020, the Permanent Missions of Germany in Geneva and New York, together with the Universal Rights Group Offices in Geneva and New York, hosted a digital policy dialogue to discuss ‘The Human Rights Council-Security Council relationship: strengthening coherence as a key contribution to the UN prevention agenda’. […]

The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2020 (‘Glion VII’): ‘Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights’

by Geneva

Dec 3rd 2020 – Dec 4th 2020 @ 14:30 – 18:30 – The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat bringing together around seventy senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable, digital setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-oriented debate. This year’s Dialogue, which was organised by the Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the URG, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Fiji, Iceland, Mexico, the Seychelles, and […]

Launch of a new URG-UNICEF policy report – ‘Realising Rights, Changing Lives’

by Geneva

Dec 8th 2020 @ 15:00 – 17:00 – The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 marked a crucial moment for the protection and promotion of children’s rights. For the first time, children were recognised as individual rights-holders rather than dependents on the ‘good will’ of adults. Today, the Convention has received the highest number of ratifications of […]