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 main UN global policy framework for combatting religious intolerance, stigmatisation, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons based on religion or belief is set down in Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 and its sister resolution at the General...

• April 8, 2019 - 9:30 - 17:30
• By invitation only

Must RSVP HERE This event is co-organized by the NYC Office of Universal Rights Group, and the European Union Delegation to the UN. Transitional justice covers the spectrum of processes and mechanisms by which countries emerging from conflict or repression...

• April 4, 2019 - 13:15 - 14:30
• European Union Delegation to the United Nations/ New York City
• By invitation only

This discussion is being convened by the Governments of the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI), namely Chile, Denmark, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia and Morocco, together with Switzerland and Costa Rica, in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Universal Rights Group...

• April 4, 2019 - 9:30 - 13:00
• Commonwealth Small States Office/ Geneva
• By invitation only

On Wednesday 27th March, the Universal Rights Group New York City office at CUNY is organising a policy dialogue discussing the UN reforms and human rights. The panel consists of experts in the field of UN reforms, both from the...

• March 27, 2019 - 13:00 - 14:30
• City University of New York/ New York
• By invitation only

DEFENDER EN AMÉRICA LATINA: Seminario internacional sobre la situación de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos, de la tierra y del medio ambiente. Este Seminario internacional pretende ofrecer un espacio, en el contexto temporal del XX aniversario de la adopción de...

• March 27, 2019 - All Day
• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México/ Mexico
• By invitation only

On Thursday 14 March, the Universal Rights Group in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Germany, the Geneva Academy and the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project of the University of Essex, will be organising an event in the...

• March 14, 2019 - 15:30 - 16:30
• Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva/ Geneva

Between 2021 and 2026, the General Assembly is scheduled to consider the question of the status of the Human Rights Council, i.e. whether it should remain a subsidiary body or become a main body of the United Nations. Although the...

• March 6, 2019 - 13:00 - 14:45
• Restaurant des délégués/ Geneve
• 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

Reservations to the core human rights treaties, entered at the time of ratification, are extremely widespread and, because they have direct implications for a State’s obligations under international law, have real and immediate consequences for the level of protection afforded...

• January 31, 2019 - 9:30 - 12:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva

On Tuesday 22th January, the Permanent Mission of Norway hosted a Human Rights Council New Year reception to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council last year, and to look forward at 2019. The reception, organised in...

• January 22, 2019 - 18:00 - 20:00
• Residence of Ambassador Hans Brattskar, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only