HRC training for new diplomats
- August 22, 2023 - 09:00 - 19:45
- Château de Bossey/ Bogis-Bossey
- BY INVITATION ONLY
future events
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Children’s rights: how to secure convergence at the Human Rights Council?
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...
- September 28, 2023 - 13:00 - 15:00
- Vieux Bois Genève / Genève
- By invitation only
past events
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HRC training for new diplomats
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...
- August 22, 2023 - 9:00 - 19:45
- Château de Bossey/ Bogis-Bossey
- By invitation only
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Launch of UNFPA-URG report ‘Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives’
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...
- July 11, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:00
- By invitation only
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Reinvigoration of the Human Rights Council’s work on capacity-building and technical assistance under its agenda item 10
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...
- July 6, 2023 - 9:00 - 10:00
- By invitation only
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The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2023 (Glion IX): Placing new and emerging technologies at the service of human rights and democracy: what role for the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms?
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...
- May 25, 2023 - All Day
- By invitation only
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Glion VIII report launch and discussion: The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?
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...
- September 28, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:00
- Palais des Nations/ Geneva
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Oslo+2 meeting on the contribution of human rights and development cooperation to prevention
On 8-9 June 2022, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Peace and Human Rights Division, and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will convene a meeting of bilateral and multilateral development...
- June 8, 2022 - All Day
- By invitation only
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The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2022 (‘Glion VIII’): ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment - what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat bringing together around sixty-five senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-oriented debate. This year’s Dialogue, which is organised by the Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the...
- May 16, 2022 - 0:00 - 23:59
- By invitation only
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Pre-Glion VIII policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
Ahead of Glion VIII, 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 right to...
- April 27, 2022 - 9:30 - 13:00
- By invitation only
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Pre-Glion VIII policy dialogue with the Permanent Missions of Fiji and the Marshall Islands on ‘The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: what does it mean for States, for rights-holders and for nature?’
Ahead of Glion VIII, 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 right to...
- April 26, 2022 - 8:30 - 12:00
- By invitation only
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Expert Seminar on the UN Recognition of the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
In October 2021, years of growing interest in the relationship between human rights, environment and climate change at the Human Rights Council culminated in an important milestone for the international community: the recognition of the universal rights to a clean,...
- April 12, 2022 - 14:30 - 18:00
- By invitation only
