Oct 26th 2015 @ 12:00 – 14:00 – The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Paris later this year, will not only be one of the most important environmental conferences ever held, but also one of the most important human rights gatherings of the past half-century. The ability of states […]
Dec 3rd 2015 @ 9:00 – 14:00 – Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism has become a global challenge and gained a prominent place in the multilateral Agenda. To inform ongoing discussions on this global issue, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco, the Permanent Mission of the United States of America and the Geneva Centre on Security Policy (GCSP) co-organised a Policy […]
Dec 15th 2015 @ 12:15 – 13:45 –
The Universal Rights Group (URG), in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Norway, held a reception on Tuesday, 15th December to mark the launch of the first yourHRC.org end-of-year report: ‘The Human Rights Council in 2015’.
The event offered the opportunity for all key stakeholders to reflect on the impact of the #HRCin2015, and the challenges ahead, with the participation of H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; H.E. Mr. Joachim Ruecker, 9th President of the UN Human Rights Council (2015) and Mr. Tom Miles, Chief Correspondent, Reuters Geneva.
Jan 14th 2016 @ All Day – On 14th January, URG and the UK Mission in Geneva held a second annual retreat for new members of the Human Rights Council, to exchange views on key human rights challenges facing the international community in 2016.
Feb 9th 2016 @ 9:30 – 13:30 – The EU Delegation to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva, together with the Universal Rights Group, hosted a half-day panel discussion on Tuesday 9th February 2016 (09h30 to 13h30) on Combatting religious intolerance: How to make the best use of existing frameworks?This ’roundtable’ style event included panel presentations and reflections by Ambassadors, NGO representatives, OHCHR officials and academics.
Feb 12th 2016 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – February marked the launch of a new series of informal policy dialogues, convened by Denmark in cooperation with URG, to consider and find common ground on sensitive or divisive human rights questions.
Feb 17th 2016 @ 9:00 – 14:30 – Ahead of Glion III, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘human rights implementation and compliance.’ The first such policy dialogue took place on 17th February, with the support of the Permanent […]
Feb 23rd 2016 – Feb 24th 2016 @ 9:00 – 13:00 – February saw the launch of a new project, conducted with the support of the Government of Australia, on lessons learned from the early history of a new Council mechanism: Commissions of Inquiry. Have they fulfilled their purpose, how do they fit into the UN human rights ‘toolbox,’ how has methodology evolved, and what next for COIs? […]
Feb 25th 2016 @ 12:15 – 13:45 – Ahead of Glion III, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘human rights implementation and compliance.’ The second policy dialogue took place on Thursday 25th February, with the support of […]
Feb 26th 2016 @ 9:00 – 10:00 – Ahead of the 31st session of the Council, URG, EU and ACANU will host a seventh pre-HRC press breakfast for members of the Geneva press corps and selected Ambassadors.
