The Human Rights Council in 2025
- December 4, 2025 - 17:00 - 19:30
- Norwegian Residence/ Geneva
- BY INVITATION ONLY
future events
past events
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POSTPONED - The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2020 (‘Glion VII’): 'Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights'
The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat bringing together around sixty senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-oriented debate. This year’s Dialogue, which is organised by the Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the URG,...
- April 29, 2020 - All Day
- Hotel Le Mirador/ Chardonne
- By invitation only
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RightOn – Democracy in crisis?
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG has...
- April 22, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:15
- By invitation only
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RightOn – Inequality and discrimination during Covid-19
In partnership with the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, UNFPA, the Geneva Academy, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, World Jewish Conference, the Geneva Rights Platform, and the Geneva Internet Platform, the URG is...
- April 15, 2020 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
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RightOn - Fighting online hate speech and fake news in a global crisis
The RightOn initiative will provide a platform for debate and exchange of ideas on topical human rights issues through regular webinars, which will take place every Wednesday at 3 PM CEST. The first of these Wednesday Web Chats will take place on 8th April 2020 on will focus on the issue of 'Fighting online hate speech and fake news in a global crisis'.
- April 8, 2020 - 15:00
- By invitation only
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POSTPONED - Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on 'Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights'
Ahead of Glion VII, 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 in...
- March 26, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of Thailand/ Geneve 1202
- By invitation only
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Human rights and the UN Secretary-General’s prevention agenda: Where are we now?
Universal Rights Group NYC and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights would like to invite you to a panel event on human rights and UN Secretary-General Guterres’ prevention agenda. In October 2019, URG-NYC published the report...
- March 2, 2020 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Jacob Blaustein Institute/ New York City
- By invitation only
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Towards a more inclusive, representative and responsive Council
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
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Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Mexico on 'Human rights in the digital age: making technology work for rights'
Ahead of Glion VII, 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 in...
- February 11, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of Mexico/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Annual retreat for new Members of the Human Rights Council
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
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Managing harmful content and combatting hate speech online
On Thursday 6th February, the Universal Rights Group and Facebook will be organising an informal lunchtime roundtable discussion (held under the Chatham House rule) on the important issue - relevant to a number of initiatives at the Human Rights Council...
- February 6, 2020 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Restaurant Vieux-Bois/ Geneva
- By invitation only