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 […]
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 […]
Dec 5th 2023 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – On Tuesday 5th December, the Permanent Mission of Norway with the support of the Universal Rights Group will host an event to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council in the past year. The event will mark the launch of the seventh yourHRC.org end-of-year report: ‘The Human Rights Council in 2023.’ […]
Jan 29th 2024 @ 9:30 – 12:30 – The Universal Rights Group, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, is organising the 2024 annual informal retreat for new members of the Council. The retreat is an annual information-sharing and capacity-building event, begun in 2015, and designed to help new members (expert level) get up-to-speed with key developments, debates, challenges and […]
Feb 1st 2024 @ 10:00 – 11:30 – The co-chairs of the HRC membership Contact Group, Maldives and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, are organising the next expert-level meeting of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership. The Contact Group was established in 2019 with the aim of strengthening universality, inclusivity and diversity at […]
Feb 9th 2024 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – As we begin 2024, there are worrying signs that the international consensus around tackling religious intolerance, symbolised by the 16/18 action plan, is fraying, and the practical on-the-ground progress achieved since 2011 risks becoming undone. Burnings of the Quran and increasing incidents of Islamophobia and antisemitism in the context of the conflict in Gaza are […]
Feb 15th 2024 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – According to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor maintained by the ICBL, in 2021 there were 5,544 casualties of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), (2,182 people were killed and 3,355 injured), 75% of which were civilians, including 1,696 children. A range of internationally protected human rights are critically (and often indiscriminately) impacted by […]
Mar 1st 2024 @ 9:00 – 14:00 – URG proposes to organise a workshop/consultation with Kenyan civil society, the national human rights institution, Parliamentarians, and the media, to provide a space for frank dialogue under the Chatham House rule, where participants can share views, good practices and the challenges identified from their own engagement with the UN human rights system, and to gain […]
Mar 7th 2024 @ 8:15 – 9:45 – Around two years after the adoption of the twin Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions recognising the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (HRC/RES/48/13, and A/RES/76/300), and as the tenure of David Boyd as Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (perhaps soon to be renamed Special Rapporteur on the right […]
Mar 11th 2024 @ 8:30 – 9:45 – LEAD: Championing recognition, participation and protection of environmental defenders through high-level collaboration and coordination Environmental defenders are the driving force in advocating for urgent actions needed to address the triple planetary crisis, consistently leading reforms necessary to protect people (especially the most vulnerable) and planet. However, they are paying a heavy price. Global Witness reports […]
