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). […]
Nov 25th 2022 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – Over the course of the life of the Human Rights Council, there have been certain human rights concerns that have regularly led to disagreement and division between States. These ‘issues of divergence’ have included: incitement to religious hatred/freedom of expression; racial discrimination; the right to development; almost all country-specific human rights situations; human rights defenders; […]
Feb 17th 2023 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – At a time of increasing polarisation at the Human Rights Council it has never been more important for States to sit down and find common solutions to critical human rights concerns that have long divided States in Room XX but that should, in principle, unite them in common cause. Amongst those concerns, international efforts to […]
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 […]
Jun 2nd 2023 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – Rationalisation and efficiency have been discussed and debated many times by Council delegations and in various formats. Some of the ideas from those discussions (e.g., biennialising resolutions, reducing the duration of panel discussions, reducing speaking times) have been implemented, oftentimes with positive (if at times short-lived) benefits for the efficient work of the Council. Notwithstanding, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
