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.’

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 11 July 2023, a joint UNFPA-Universal Rights Group report, ‘Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives: UNFPA strategic engagement with the UN human rights system to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights,’ was be launched on the side of the Human...

• July 11, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:00
• By invitation only

On 6th July 2023, the Permanent Missions of Luxembourg and Thailand, and the Universal Rights Group held an informal breakfast meeting with Ambassadors and experts to discuss the reinvigoration of the Human Rights Council’s work on capacity-building and technical assistance under...

• July 6, 2023 - 9:00 - 10:00
• By invitation only

Rationalisation and efficiency have been discussed and debated many times by Council delegations and in various formats. Some of the ideas from those discussions (e.g., biennialising resolutions, reducing the duration of panel discussions, reducing speaking times) have been implemented, oftentimes...

• June 2, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

On 25-26 May 2023, the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Universal Rights Group hosted the 9th edition of the Glion Human Rights Dialogue, designed to provide an open platform for dialogue and fresh thinking on the most pressing...

• May 25, 2023 - All Day
• By invitation only

At a time of increasing polarisation at the Human Rights Council it has never been more important for States to sit down and find common solutions to critical human rights concerns that have long divided States in Room XX but...

• February 17, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

Over the course of the life of the Human Rights Council, there have been certain human rights concerns that have regularly led to disagreement and division between States. These ‘issues of divergence’ have included: incitement to religious hatred/freedom of expression;...

• November 25, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:30
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

Invitation 28th September 2022, 13h00 – 14h00 (CEST), Mezzanine (2nd floor, E-Building, Palais des Nations) On behalf of the Governments of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the Universal Rights Group, we are delighted to invite you to a reception to mark...

• September 28, 2022 - 13:00 - 14:00
• Palais des Nations/ Geneva

At the 2005 World Summit, UN member States decided to strengthen the human rights pillar by creating the Human Rights Council in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights. This decision was taken based on proposals contained in the-then UN...

• June 17, 2022 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
• By invitation only

On 8-9 June 2022, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Peace and Human Rights Division, and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will convene a meeting of bilateral and multilateral development...

• June 8, 2022 - All Day
• By invitation only