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.’

In order to respond to rising global inequalities, States and other stakeholders must work to leverage the inter-dependent and mutually reinforcing nature of, on the one hand, the promotion and protection of, and respect for all human rights, including economic,...

• June 29, 2017 - 9:00 - 17:00
• Château des Bois/ Satigny
• 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

In February 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Universal Rights Group launched a new diplomatic initiative in Geneva: the ‘Friday Exchange.’ The Friday Exchange is a series of quarterly informal policy dialogues (small roundtable discussions) designed to...

• May 24, 2017 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

The Glion Human Rights Dialogue is a retreat-style event bringing together around seventy senior policy-makers and other stakeholders in an informal, non-attributable setting designed to promote open, forward-looking and solutions-focused debate. In 2017, the Dialogue took place from Thursday 18th May to Friday 19th May...

• May 18, 2017 - All Day
• Hotel Victoria/ 1823 Glion-sur-Montreux
• 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

The Human Rights Council’s mandate to respond to human rights violations, including gross and systematic violations - as set down in operative paragraph 3 of GA resolution 60/251 - is well known. Less well known, but equally important, is the...

• May 2, 2017 - 9:00 - 13:00
• Permanent Mission of Mexico/ Genève 1201
• By invitation only

Ahead of Glion IV, 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 ‘the role of...

• April 26, 2017 - 9:00 - 13:00
• Centre des Conférences Varembé (CCV), Salle Genève/ Geneva
• By invitation only

Ahead of Glion IV, 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 ‘the role of...

• April 5, 2017 - 9:00 - 13:00
• Permanent Mission of Thailand/ Geneve 1202
• By invitation only

The Permanent Mission of Spain, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Environment Program, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, the Universal Rights Group, ABColombia, CIDSE, Franciscans International, ISHR, Kolko, Oidhac,...

• March 6, 2017 - 12:00 - 14:00
• Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

In February 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Universal Rights Group launched a new diplomatic initiative in Geneva: the ‘Friday Exchange.’ The Friday Exchange is a series of quarterly informal policy dialogues (small roundtable discussions) designed to...

• March 3, 2017 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only