Pre-Glion X Policy Dialogue with the Permanent Missions of Thailand…
- June 5, 2024 - 09:00 - 15:45
- Permanent Mission of Thailand/ Geneve 1202
- BY INVITATION ONLY
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Building capacities to help environmental human rights defenders in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean find and access support
The Universal Rights Group in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment - David Boyd, and with...
- December 6, 2021 - All Day
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The Powers of the General Assembly to Prevent and Respond to Atrocity Crimes: Tools and Opportunities
The Universal Rights Group, theAsia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, together with the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Croatia and Switzerland to the UN in New York will be hosting a virtual policy dialogue...
- October 12, 2021 - 13:30 - 15:00
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Launch of the yourHRC Guide to the 2021 UN Human Rights Council Elections
On Thursday 7th October 2021, the Universal Rights Group (URG) will host a digital event to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2021 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is the seventh annual yourHRC.org Guide to...
- October 7, 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
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Towards a new accountability? The role of UN-mandated investigative mechanisms in securing accountability for human rights violations at the national, regional and international level'
The Universal Rights Group (URG), in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN in Geneva, is organising a virtual policy dialogue focusing on 'Towards a new accountability? The role of UN-mandated investigative mechanisms in securing...
- August 31, 2021 - 15:00 - 16:30
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Increasing support for environmental, land and indigenous defenders: ‘The Phonebook;’ the ‘Microsite for Collective Protection Resources’ and the ‘Supporting our protectors’ report
The situation for environmental, land and indigenous defenders is nothing short of dire. Every year a new tragic record of violence against these defenders shocks the world. Their rights to life, physical integrity, safety, political participation, and freedom of expression...
- July 29, 2021 - 16:00
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The human rights case for vaccine multilateralism
The Permanent Mission of Singapore and the Universal Rights Group, with the support of the Permanent Mission of Norway, and UNICEF, will be hosting an event in the margins of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council on 'The...
- July 5, 2021 - 13:30 - 14:45
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Launch of a new URG policy report: 'Building a coherent Human Rights Council - Security Council relationship - The prevention of human rights crises, violent conflict and atrocity crimes'
In her first address to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee as High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2018, Michelle Bachelet urged States to remember that ‘the human rights system is not a Cassandra, correctly predicting crises yet unable to...
- July 1, 2021 - 16:00 - 17:30
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Launch of the Sustainable Recovery Pledge: Building a better future for all, with human rights at its heart.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have devastating effects on societies and economies around the world. It is negatively impacting the enjoyment of human rights and hampering progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this online event we...
- June 30, 2021 - 13:30 - 14:30
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Glion VII report launch and discussion
The seventh Glion Human Rights Dialogue (Glion VII), organised by the Governments of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the Universal Rights Group (URG), was held on 3-4 December 2020 and focused on the topic: ‘Human rights in the digital age: Making...
- June 24, 2021 - 16:00 - 17:30
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Ensuring the Human Rights of Children Online: Examining the Role of the Private Sector
'Ensuring the Human Rights of Children Online: Examining the Role of the Private Sector' a virtual side event of the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 24 June 1:00-2:15pm CEST / 7:00AM-8:15AM EST co-convened by the World Benchmarking Alliance, Universal Rights Group, Global...
- June 24, 2021 - 13:00 - 14:15
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