Pre-Glion X Policy Dialogue with the Commonwealth Small States Office and the Permanent Missions of The Gambia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on ‘Key characteristics and good practices in the establishment and development of NMIRFs.’

Ahead of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April), and on behalf of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan...

• March 28, 2024 - 12:00 - 13:00
• Room XXII, Palais des Nations/ Geneva
• By invitation only

The Permanent Mission of Singapore and the Universal Rights Group, with the support of the Permanent Mission of Norway, and UNICEF, will be hosting an event in the margins of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council on 'The...

• July 5, 2021 - 13:30 - 14:45
• By invitation only

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have devastating effects on societies and economies around the world. It is negatively impacting the enjoyment of human rights and hampering progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this online event we...

• June 30, 2021 - 13:30 - 14:30
• By invitation only

On 13 April 2021, the Universal Rights Group (URG), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Carter Center, the International Democracy and Election Assistance (IDEA) will convene a Zoom roundtable on disinformation, digital technology...

• April 13, 2021 - 15:30 - 17:00
• By invitation only

The Universal Rights Group in cooperation with Facebook will organise a digital event on Thursday 25 March at 16h00 CET to present and consider the new Corporate Human Rights Policy, to discuss the human rights responsibilities of social media companies,...

• March 25, 2021 - 16:00 - 17:30
• By invitation only

In her message for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet reminded us that 'Words have consequences.' Indeed she remarked that 'conspiracy theorists increasingly link extreme political ideologies and antisemitic delusions,' recalled the responsibilities of governments and digital...

• March 4, 2021 - 13:00 - 14:30
• By invitation only

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 marked a crucial moment for the protection and promotion of children’s rights. For the first time, children were recognised as individual rights-holders rather than dependents on the...

• December 8, 2020 - 15:00 - 17:00
• By invitation only

Universal Rights Group NYC and the Carter Center co-organized a digital roundtable as part of the Forum on Human Rights: "Risks to human rights and credible elections during an online ‘infodemic.'" The roundtable took place on 7 October 2020 at...

• October 7, 2020 - 13:00 - 14:00
• By invitation only

The global COVID-19 crisis is exposing and exacerbating existing human rights violations and inequalities with a devastating effect on vulnerable groups and societies. The challenges brought about by the pandemic have in fact placed even greater strain on the delivery...

• September 30, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
• By invitation only

On 18-19 November 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with the support of the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted the seventh meeting of the Istanbul Process. The meeting was entitled, ‘Combatting religious intolerance: building...

• September 9, 2020 - 16:00 - 17:15
• By invitation only