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 co-chairs of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership, the Maldives and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Coordinator of the LDCs/SIDS Trust Fund and Universal Rights Group, are organising an informal meeting between the delegates of...

• March 22, 2024 - 14:00 - 15:00
• Palais des Nations/ Geneva
• By invitation only

The co-chairs of the HRC membership Contact Group, Maldives and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, are organising the next expert-level meeting of the Contact Group on an inclusive and diverse HRC membership. The Contact...

• February 1, 2024 - 10:00 - 11:30
• Universal Rights Group/ Geneve
• By invitation only

The Universal Rights Group, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, is organising the 2024 annual informal retreat for new members of the Council. The retreat is an annual information-sharing and capacity-building event, begun in 2015, and...

• January 29, 2024 - 9:30 - 12:30
• Residence of the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom/ Geneva
• 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

On Wednesday 19 May at 8:30AM EST / 14h30 CEST Universal Rights Group will be holding a virtual meeting (under Chatham House rules) during which a small number of civil society organisations can provide concrete recommendations to UN Assistant-Secretary Generals...

• May 19, 2021 - 14:30 - 16:00
• By invitation only

This Chatham House rules virtual dialogue with civil society representatives is an opportunity for UN Assistant Secretary-General Volker Türk and UN Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris to provide updates on the implementation of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Call to...

• March 5, 2021 - 10:00 - 11:00
• By invitation only

On Tuesday 25th February 2020, the Permanent Missions of the Maldives, the Netherlands, Armenia, Australia, and Switzerland, with the support of the Universal Rights Group organised a high level side event in the margins of the 43rd Session of the...

• February 25, 2020 - 12:00 - 13:00
• Room VII, Palais des Nations/ Geneva

On Friday 7th February the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will organise an informal half-day retreat for new Member States of the Human Rights Council. The annual ‘new...

• February 7, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
• Permanent Mission of the Netherlands/ Geneva
• By invitation only

The Human Rights Council Membership Contact Group in Geneva is an informal cross-regional group of friends supported by the Geneva office of Universal Rights Group. The contact group endeavours to strengthen universality, inclusivity and diversity at the Council by encouraging...

• December 13, 2019 - 13:15 - 14:30
• UK Mission to the UN/ New York
• By invitation only

On Thursday 28th November 2019, the Universal Rights Group will host a lunch discussion on the current status of the UN's Human Rights Up Front Initiative. The event will also mark the publication of a new report by Universal Rights...

• November 28, 2019 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only