Glion VIII report launch and discussion: The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?

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Sep 28th 2022 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – Invitation 28th September 2022, 13h00 – 14h00 (CEST), Mezzanine (2nd floor, E-Building, Palais des Nations) On behalf of the Governments of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the Universal Rights Group, we are delighted to invite you to a reception to mark the launch of the informal report of the eighth Glion Human Rights Dialogue (Glion VIII). […]

The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2023 (Glion IX): Placing new and emerging technologies at the service of human rights and democracy: what role for the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms?

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May 25th 2023 – May 26th 2023 @ All Day – On 25-26 May 2023, the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Universal Rights Group hosted the 9th edition of the Glion Human Rights Dialogue, designed to provide an open platform for dialogue and fresh thinking on the most pressing human rights issues of our time. The Dialogue took place at the Hotel Victoria in […]

Reinvigoration of the Human Rights Council’s work on capacity-building and technical assistance under its agenda item 10

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Jul 6th 2023 @ 9:00 – 10:00 – On 6th July 2023, the Permanent Missions of Luxembourg and Thailand, and the Universal Rights Group held an informal breakfast meeting with Ambassadors and experts to discuss the reinvigoration of the Human Rights Council’s work on capacity-building and technical assistance under its agenda item 10. The aim of the breakfast was to discuss ideas for reform […]

Launch of UNFPA-URG report ‘Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives’

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Jul 11th 2023 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – On 11 July 2023, a joint UNFPA-Universal Rights Group report, ‘Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives: UNFPA strategic engagement with the UN human rights system to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights,’ was be launched on the side of the Human Rights Council 53rd session. Speakers at the launch provided an overview of the report’s main […]

HRC training for new diplomats

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Aug 22nd 2023 @ 9:00 – 19:45 – On 22 August 2023, the Multilateral Dialogue of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)  Geneva and the Universal Rights Group (URG) will provide an in-depth training workshop for diplomats newly arrived in Geneva on the working methods, instruments and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council in order to engage with it more effectively and strategically. In the context of […]

Children’s rights: how to secure convergence at the Human Rights Council?

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Sep 28th 2023 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – The Universal Dialogue on children’s rights will be a working lunch that will take place on 28th September from 13h00 to 15h00 and will bring together approximately 20 key participants including State representatives, normally at ambassadorial level, from each UN region, as well as from different political groups; members from the UN Committee of the […]

Launch of the yourHRC Guide to the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Elections

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Oct 5th 2023 @ 15:00 – 16:00 – On Thursday 5th October 2023, the Universal Rights Group (URG) will host a digital event to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is the ninth annual yourHRC.org Guide to the UN Human Rights Council Elections. It provides general information on the 2023 Council elections, […]

Towards a human rights-based approach to global plastic governance

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Nov 8th 2023 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – The Regional Government of Catalonia and the Universal Rights Group will organise a working lunch ahead of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, which is scheduled to take place from 13 to 19 November, with a view to discussing […]

Policy Dialogue on a Human Rights-Based Approach to Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and the Role of the Human Rights Council

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Nov 17th 2023 @ 10:00 – 11:30 – Last year, with the support of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva, the Universal Rights Group (URG) and the Seoul National University Artificial Intelligence Policy Initiative (SAPI) published a report detailing a Human Rights Based Approach to New and Emerging Technologies. This year, SAPI and URG together with the support of […]