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.’

URG proposes to organise a workshop/consultation with Tanzanian civil society, the national human rights institution, and the media, to provide a space for frank dialogue under the Chatham House rule, where participants can share views, good practices and the challenges...

• May 28, 2024 - 9:00 - 14:00
• Seashells Millennium Hotel, Dar es Salaam/ Dar es Salaam
• By invitation only

On 6-7 May 2024, the European Commission’s HRBA expert group, with the support of the Belgium Presidency and Universal Rights Group, will convene the Oslo+4 meeting at the British Residence (17, rue Ducale/Hertogsstraat). In addition to continuing to provide a space for bilateral...

• May 6, 2024 - All Day
• British Residence/ Brussels
• By invitation only

URG proposes to organise a workshop/consultation with Kenyan civil society, the national human rights institution, Parliamentarians, and the media, to provide a space for frank dialogue under the Chatham House rule, where participants can share views, good practices and the...

• March 1, 2024 - 9:00 - 14:00
• Jacaranda Hotel/ Nairobi
• By invitation only

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

Two years ago, the Secretary-General launched his Call to Action for Human Rights to reignite global efforts to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Call to Action is the Secretary-General’s transformative vision for human rights in which...

• February 24, 2022 - 16:30 - 18:15
• By invitation only

The event will take place on the margins of the upcoming Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Human Rights Council on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event is co-organised by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Permanent Mission...

• January 18, 2022 - 14:00 - 15:30
• By invitation only

Around the world, efforts are underway to give meaning to the global human rights implementation agenda and to move away from the ad hoc approach to monitoring and reporting of human rights obligations that has marked the previous decades towards...

• July 3, 2020 - 9:00 - 10:00
• By invitation only

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Enhancing the role of parliaments in the protection and realisation of human rights is emerging as a crucial way to bridge the “implementation gap” in human rights. Numerous parliaments around the world have started to prioritize human rights...

• October 14, 2019 - 13:15 - 14:30
• United Nations Headquarters New York/ New York
• By invitation only

A first-ever regional workshop for dialogue, good practice exchange, and cooperation on NMRIFs will take place in the Pacific in April 2019, to be hosted by the Government of Fiji. It will be organised by the Regional Rights Resource Team...

• April 11, 2019 - All Day
• Nadi/ Nadi
• By invitation only

As a region with strong democratic and rule of law traditions, the Pacific has strategic importance in accelerating ratification and active implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT, or Convention)....

• February 5, 2019 - All Day
• InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa/ Natadola
• By invitation only