Children’s rights: how to secure convergence at the Human Rights…
- September 28, 2023 - 13:00 - 15:00
- Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
- BY INVITATION ONLY
future events
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Human Rights Policy Dialogue: The role of regions and municipalities in the review-implementation-reporting cycle of the UN human rights mechanisms
The Human Rights Policy Dialogue on the role of regions and municipalities in the review-implementation-reporting cycle of the UN human rights mechanisms will be a working lunch that will take place on 6th October from 13h00 to 15h00 and will bring together approximately...
- October 6, 2023 - 13:00 - 15:00
- Restaurant Vieux-Bois / Geneva
- By invitation only
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Launch of the yourHRC Guide to the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Elections
On Thursday 5th October 2023, the Universal Rights Group (URG) will host a digital event to mark the launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Elections. The report is the ninth annual yourHRC.org Guide to...
- October 5, 2023 - 15:00 - 16:00
- By invitation only
past events
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POSTPONED - Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on 'Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights'
Ahead of Glion VII, 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 ‘Human rights in...
- March 26, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of Thailand/ Geneve 1202
- By invitation only
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Human rights and the UN Secretary-General’s prevention agenda: Where are we now?
Universal Rights Group NYC and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights would like to invite you to a panel event on human rights and UN Secretary-General Guterres’ prevention agenda. In October 2019, URG-NYC published the report...
- March 2, 2020 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Jacob Blaustein Institute/ New York City
- By invitation only
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Towards a more inclusive, representative and responsive Council
On Tuesday 25th February 2020, the Permanent Missions of the Maldives, the Netherlands, Armenia, Australia, and Switzerland, with the support of the Universal Rights Group organised a high level side event in the margins of the 43rd Session of the...
- February 25, 2020 - 12:00 - 13:00
- Room VII, Palais des Nations/ Geneva
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Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Mexico on 'Human rights in the digital age: making technology work for rights'
Ahead of Glion VII, 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 ‘Human rights in...
- February 11, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of Mexico/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Annual retreat for new Members of the Human Rights Council
On Friday 7th February the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Universal Rights Group, will organise an informal half-day retreat for new Member States of the Human Rights Council. The annual ‘new...
- February 7, 2020 - 9:00 - 13:00
- Permanent Mission of the Netherlands/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Managing harmful content and combatting hate speech online
On Thursday 6th February, the Universal Rights Group and Facebook will be organising an informal lunchtime roundtable discussion (held under the Chatham House rule) on the important issue - relevant to a number of initiatives at the Human Rights Council...
- February 6, 2020 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Restaurant Vieux-Bois/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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Is it time for universal recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment?
Building on earlier work by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms have been actively engaged on the topic of human rights and the environment. They have made enormous progress in clarifying and setting down...
- February 6, 2020 - All Day
- Commonwealth Small States Office/ Geneva
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First expert-level dialogue on the creation of an HRC Membership Contact group in NYC
The Human Rights Council Membership Contact Group in Geneva is an informal cross-regional group of friends supported by the Geneva office of Universal Rights Group. The contact group endeavours to strengthen universality, inclusivity and diversity at the Council by encouraging...
- December 13, 2019 - 13:15 - 14:30
- UK Mission to the UN/ New York
- By invitation only
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Glion VI report launch and discussion - Towards 2026: Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council
On 12 December at UNHQ, the Mission of Switzerland to the UN and the New York Office of Universal Rights Group will convene a dialogue entitled ‘Towards 2026 – Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council.’ Given the...
- December 12, 2019 - 15:00 - 16:30
- United Nations Headquarters New York/ New York
- By invitation only
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Launch of yourHRC.org report: The Human Rights Council in 2019
On Thursday 5th December, the Permanent Mission of Norway will host a Human Rights end-of-year reception to look back on the work, achievements and challenges of the Council in the past year. The reception, organised in cooperation with the Universal...
- December 5, 2019 - 18:30 - 20:30
- Residence of Ambassador Hans Brattskar, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva/ Geneva
- By invitation only
