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 Permanent Mission of Iceland and Universal Rights Group NYC have co-organized a breakfast launch event. During the event, the head of the Universal Rights Group-New York Office, Danica Damplo, will present objective data on all 16 candidate States standing...

• October 10, 2019 - 8:30 - 9:45
• UN Headquarters, Conference Room 6/ New York
• By invitation only

On Monday 23rd September 2019, the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Universal Rights Group (URG) will host a lunch reception to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2019 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is...

• September 23, 2019 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Restaurant des Délégués/ Geneva

Ahead of the 23 September 2019 UN climate action summit to boost ambition and accelerate climate action and in the context of the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Mission of the Marshall Islands as president of...

• September 13, 2019 - 8:30 - 10:00
• Restaurant des Délégués/ Geneva
• By invitation only

The Glion VI retreat and its preparatory policy dialogues, was focused on the topic: 'Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council.' Glion VI provided a platform for UN member States, the President of the Human Rights...

• September 4, 2019 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Hotel Intercontinental/ Genève

Universal Rights Group alongside a wide array of partners have organized a HLPF side event on “Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda: Leaving no one behind while accelerating SDG implementation” for 12 July, starting at 1:15, in Conference Room 1....

• July 12, 2019 - 13:15 - 14:30
• Conference Room 1/ New York City
• By invitation only

  The UN’s independent human rights experts - known as ‘Special Procedures’ - are considered by many to be, in the words of then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the ‘crown jewel’ of the international human rights system. Today, the UN...

• July 3, 2019 - 12:30 - 14:00

Commentary on the worldwide human rights situation is often characterised by assertions of an unfoldin g human rights crisis in much of the developing world, and back-sliding in some of the world’s major democracies. Clearly human rights violations are far...

• June 17, 2019 - 0:00
• Universal Rights Group/ Geneve
• By invitation only

The rights to religious freedom and equality are increasingly under challenge globally. In a number of countries, religious precepts are promoted by laws, policies and state sanctioned practices in ways that constitute de facto violations of other freedoms, particularly those...

• June 10, 2019 - 9:30 - 12:30
• By invitation only

Universal Rights Group New York, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), and the UN Foundation are cosponsoring the global launch of: - The 2019 HRMI Human Rights Country Reports - HRMI Human Rights Data Portal - The URG-HRMI collaborative paper:...

• June 6, 2019 - 12:00 - 13:00
• Ford Foundation/ New York
• By invitation only

The purpose of this (Chatham House Rules) policy dialogue is to give civil society representatives the opportunity to receive an update on the UN reforms, with a particular focus on the development system, and to consider implications and opportunities for...

• May 30, 2019 - 13:00 - 14:30
• CUNY Graduate Center/ New York
• By invitation only