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.’

GA resolution 60/251 founding the Council and setting out its mandate makes clear that it shall ‘contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, towards the prevention of human rights violations and respond promptly to human rights emergencies,’ (operative paragraph 5f). However, for...

• May 31, 2024 - 13:00 - 15:00
• The Danish UN Residence/ Chambésy
• By invitation only

As we begin 2024, there are worrying signs that the international consensus around tackling religious intolerance, symbolised by the 16/18 action plan, is fraying, and the practical on-the-ground progress achieved since 2011 risks becoming undone. Burnings of the Quran and...

• February 9, 2024 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

Rationalisation and efficiency have been discussed and debated many times by Council delegations and in various formats. Some of the ideas from those discussions (e.g., biennialising resolutions, reducing the duration of panel discussions, reducing speaking times) have been implemented, oftentimes...

• June 2, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

At a time of increasing polarisation at the Human Rights Council it has never been more important for States to sit down and find common solutions to critical human rights concerns that have long divided States in Room XX but...

• February 17, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

Over the course of the life of the Human Rights Council, there have been certain human rights concerns that have regularly led to disagreement and division between States. These ‘issues of divergence’ have included: incitement to religious hatred/freedom of expression;...

• November 25, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

At the 2005 World Summit, UN member States decided to strengthen the human rights pillar by creating the Human Rights Council in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights. This decision was taken based on proposals contained in the-then UN...

• June 17, 2022 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

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...

• March 11, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:30
• By invitation only

The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, was one of the largest gatherings of State delegates, international experts, and civil society (especially women’s rights groups) representatives in the history of the UN. With the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the conference represented a critical turning point in international efforts...

• May 24, 2019 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

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...

• June 7, 2018 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

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...

• February 2, 2018 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only