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’. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dec 9th 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – On Wednesday 9th December, the Permanent Mission of Norway with the support of the Universal Rights Group hosted an event to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council in the past year. The event marked the launch of the sixth yourHRC.org end-of-year report: ‘The Human Rights Council in 2020’. The ‘Human […]
Jan 28th 2021 @ 14:00 – 16:00 – On Thursday 28th January the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will organise an informal virtual retreat for new Member States of the Human Rights Council. The annual ‘new members retreat’, now in its sixth year, aims to provide a space for an informal, cross-regional expert-level exchange […]
Feb 23rd 2021 @ 16:00 – 17:30 – Background In recent years, there has been growing interest in, and movement towards, universal recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (R2E). Over one hundred national constitutions and several regional human rights agreements now recognise this right. This important historical shift is based on a recognition that a safe, […]
Mar 4th 2021 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – In her message for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet reminded us that ‘Words have consequences.’ Indeed she remarked that ‘conspiracy theorists increasingly link extreme political ideologies and antisemitic delusions,’ recalled the responsibilities of governments and digital platforms and stressed that we need to push back against lies, ensure that public discourse […]
Mar 5th 2021 @ 10:00 – 11:00 – This Chatham House rules virtual dialogue with civil society representatives is an opportunity for UN Assistant Secretary-General Volker Türk and UN Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris to provide updates on the implementation of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Call to Action for Human Rights, originally launched in February 2020. The keynote remarks will be followed […]
Mar 25th 2021 @ 16:00 – 17:30 – The Universal Rights Group in cooperation with Facebook will organise a digital event on Thursday 25 March at 16h00 CET to present and consider the new Corporate Human Rights Policy, to discuss the human rights responsibilities of social media companies, and to continue the dialogue between States, social media and other technology companies, UN experts […]
Apr 13th 2021 @ 15:30 – 17:00 – On 13 April 2021, the Universal Rights Group (URG), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Carter Center, the International Democracy and Election Assistance (IDEA) will convene a Zoom roundtable on disinformation, digital technology and elections. This will be the first roundtable as part of the Digital Democracy Dialogues […]
