Launch of UNFPA-URG report ‘Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives’
- July 11, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:00
- BY INVITATION ONLY
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past events
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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
- By invitation only
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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
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Panel discussion on the 16/18 action plan and the Istanbul Process: implementation and progress
Panel discussion on The 16/18 action plan and the Istanbul Process: implementation and progress The event will also see the launch of a report of the 6th session of the Istanbul Process, held in Singapore (July 2016) This important event...
- February 14, 2017 - 10:00 - 12:00
- Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
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Working lunch with the Permanent Mission of Denmark: Human Rights and the SDGs
In follow-up to a roundtable event in September 2016 on the finding common ground on the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, on 10 February, URG and the Permanent Mission of Denmark co-hosted a working lunch, with a cross-regional...
- February 10, 2017 - 13:00 - 15:00
- Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva/ Geneva
- By invitation only
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yourHRC.org ‘The Human Rights Council in 2016’ report launch
On Monday 12th November, the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Universal Rights Group (URG) hosted a reception to look back on the work and achievements of, and challenges faced by, the Human Rights Council and its members in 2016, and...
- December 12, 2016 - 12:15 - 14:00
- Palais des Nations/ Geneva
- By invitation only
