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.’

The Commonwealth, Universal Rights Group and the Bingham Centre, in cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will be hosting a roundtable discussion and publication launch on 21st November 2018 entitled 'The global...

• November 21, 2018 - 11:00 - 13:00
• Commonwealth Small States Office/ Geneva

On Wednesday 2nd May the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Group of Friends on national implementation, reporting and follow-up, in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group (URG) will be organising a one-day workshop on...

• May 2, 2018 - 9:00 - 16:30
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights/ Geneva
• By invitation only

On 20th April the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, in cooperation with the Universal Rights group organised an informal meeting of development partners on how international cooperation can support national implementation of international human rights obligations and commitments. Many development actors, including...

• April 20, 2018 - 8:30 - 18:00
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ Oslo
• By invitation only

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...

• June 20, 2017 - 12:45 - 15:00
• Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva/ Geneva 10
• By invitation only

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,...

• May 9, 2017 - 1:00 - 2:30
• Room XXIII, Palais des Nations/ Genève 10
• By invitation only

Ahead of Glion III, 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 ‘human rights implementation...

• February 25, 2016 - 12:15 - 13:45
• By invitation only

On Thursday 18th September, the Governments of the Kingdom of Morocco and the United Kingdom hosted this side-event, "Midterm Progress Reports and National Mechanisms for the Follow-up of UPR Recommendations", in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for...

• September 18, 2014 - 0:00 - 14:00
• Room XXIII, Palais des Nations/ Genève 10
• By invitation only

On 9th May 2014, the Permanent Missions of Switzerland, Poland, Ireland, Morocco, South Korea together with the Universal Rights Group and the Geneva Academy organised an panel meeting on ‘the outcome of the Treaty Body strengthening process: lessons learnt, implications and...

• May 9, 2014 - 9:30 - 13:00
• Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only