Apr 26th 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.’
May 2nd 2017 @ 9:00 – 13:00 – The Human Rights Council’s mandate to respond to human rights violations, including gross and systematic violations – as set down in operative paragraph 3 of GA resolution 60/251 – is well known. Less well known, but equally important, is the Council’s mandate to work to prevent such violations from happening in the first place. According […]
May 9th 2017 @ 1:00 – 2:30 – Leveraging the crucial role of NHRIs and national NGOs in advocating for, and independently monitoring and reporting on, the domestic implementation of UPR recommendations The Permanent Mission of Australia, the Permanent Mission of Colombia, the UPR Branch of the OHCHR, and the Universal Rights Group (URG) have the pleasure to invite you to a side […]
May 18th 2017 – May 19th 2017 @ All Day – The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat-style event bringing together around seventy senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-focused debate. In 2017, the Dialogue took place from Thursday 18th May to Friday 19th May 2017, in Glion, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council’s mandate to respond to human rights violations, including […]
May 24th 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 […]
Jun 20th 2017 @ 12:45 – 15:00 – Effective national implementation of the human rights recommendations generated by the main UN human rights mechanisms (UPR, Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures), ensuring and measuring their impact on the ground, and objective international reporting on progress, have recently emerged as key policy priorities for the international human rights system. This emerging ‘international human rights implementation agenda’ […]
Jun 29th 2017 @ 9:00 – 17:00 – In order to respond to rising global inequalities, States and other stakeholders must work to leverage the inter-dependent and mutually reinforcing nature of, on the one hand, the promotion and protection of, and respect for all human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, civil and political rights, and the right to development; and, on […]
Aug 1st 2017 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – Universal Rights Group América Latina, la Embajada de Turquía en Colombia y la Fundación El Nogal realizarán el próximo martes 1 de agosto de 2017, un conversatorio sobre ‘derechos humanos y construcción de paz’, cuyo objetivo principal es evidenciar e incrementar la visibilidad de las condiciones de las comunidades indígenas y tribales en Colombia, y […]
Sep 5th 2017 @ 13:00 – 14:30 – The Human Rights Council’s mandate to respond to human rights violations, including gross and systematic violations – as set down in operative paragraph 3 of GA resolution 60/251 – is well known. Less well known, but equally important, is the Council’s mandate to work to prevent such violations from happening in the first place. According […]
Sep 19th 2017 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – On Tuesday 19th September 2017, the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted a lunch reception to mark the launch the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2017 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is the third annual yourHRC.org Guide to the UN Human Rights Council Elections. It provides general information on the 2017 Council elections (scheduled for mid-October at the GA […]
