Nov 4th 2016 @ 13:00 – 14:40 – The development of international human rights norms is seen as one of the great success stories of the UN. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly on 10th December 1948, the international community has moved to create a comprehensive global code of human rights norms governing practically every […]
Nov 21st 2016 @ 10:00 – 14:30 – Following on from the policy dialogue held in Geneva in April of this year, Ms. Angela Barkhouse of Kroll, Mr. Marc Limon of the Universal Rights Group, and Mr. Faisal Osman of 33 Chancery Law hosted a second policy dialogue, as part of their research into the impact of corruption on human rights. The informal policy […]
Nov 22nd 2016 @ 12:30 – 18:45 – In 2006, member states sought to strengthen human rights as one of the three pillars of the United Nations by establishing (under General Assembly Resolution 60/251) the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights as the UN’s principal intergovernmental human rights body. Since then, the Council has produced a significant body of […]
Dec 12th 2016 @ 12:15 – 14:00 – On Monday 12th November, the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted a reception to look back on the work and achievements of, and challenges faced by, the Human Rights Council and its members in 2016, and to mark the launch of the second yourHRC.org end-of-year report: ‘The Human Rights Council in 2016.‘ The […]
Feb 10th 2017 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – In follow-up to a roundtable event in September 2016 on the finding common ground on the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, on 10 February, URG and the Permanent Mission of Denmark co-hosted a working lunch, with a cross-regional group of ambassadors, on the relationship between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. The […]
Feb 14th 2017 @ 10:00 – 12:00 – Panel discussion on The 16/18 action plan and the Istanbul Process: implementation and progress The event will also see the launch of a report of the 6th session of the Istanbul Process, held in Singapore (July 2016) This important event ahead of the 34th session of the Human Rights Council will be held at: Le […]
Feb 16th 2017 – Feb 17th 2017 @ All Day – This consultation, organised by the Universal Rights Group (URG), Amnesty International (AI), and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Human Rights (JBI), and hosted by the British Ambassador to Uruguay, H.E. Mr Ian Duddy, will convene key stakeholders involved in the Special Procedures mandates on Chile, Guatemala and El Salvador, as well as the Working Group on enforced […]
Mar 3rd 2017 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – In February 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Universal Rights Group launched a new diplomatic initiative in Geneva: the ‘Friday Exchange.’ The Friday Exchange is a series of quarterly informal policy dialogues (small roundtable discussions) designed to allow States (ambassador level) from all regions to exchange opinions, bridge differences and identify common […]
Mar 6th 2017 @ 12:00 – 14:00 – The Permanent Mission of Spain, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Environment Program, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, the Universal Rights Group, ABColombia, CIDSE, Franciscans International, ISHR, Kolko, Oidhac, and PBI are pleased to invite you to a side event during HRC34 on: Environmental […]
Apr 5th 2017 @ 9:00 – 13:00 – Ahead of Glion IV, 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 ‘the role of prevention and the implementation of para. 5f of GA res. 60/251.’ On Wednesday 5th April 2017, […]
