FX 22 – How to operationalise the Human Rights Council’s…
- May 31, 2024 - 13:00 - 15:00
- The Danish UN Residence/ Chambésy
- BY INVITATION ONLY
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past events
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Side event on the margins of HRC35 - Contribution of parliaments to the domestic implementation of international human rights obligations and commitments
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
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‘Friday Exchange’ working lunch with Permanent Mission of Denmark - Corruption as a human rights concern
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
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The Glion Human Rights Dialogue 2017 (‘Glion IV’)
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
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The UPR: An implementation reality check
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
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Pre-Glion IV Policy Dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Mexico
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
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Pre-Glion IV Policy Dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Morocco on the role of prevention and the implementation of para. 5f of GA res. 60/251
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
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Pre-Glion IV Policy Dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on the role of prevention and the implementation of para. 5f of GA res. 60/251
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
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Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Responding to a Global Crisis
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
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‘Friday Exchange’ working lunch with Permanent Mission of Denmark - Combatting religious discrimination, intolerance, and stigmatisation: where does addressing hate speech fit in?
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
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Consultation on early Special Procedures mandates on Chile, Argentina (through the lens of the WGEID), Guatemala and El Salvador
This consultation, organised by the Universal Rights Group (URG), Amnesty International (AI), and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Human Rights (JBI), and hosted by the British Ambassador to Uruguay, H.E. Mr Ian Duddy, will convene key stakeholders involved in the Special Procedures...
- February 16, 2017 - All Day
- Residence of H.E. Mr. Ian Duddy, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay/ Montevideo
- By invitation only