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20-24 November 2023
Event
UNIGE
The 2023 edition of Human Rights Week proposes a rich programme of conferences, debates, exhibitions, a film screening, and cultural events around the question of the notion of 'Universality', reminding us that it is a constituent pillar of our democratic space, both in the promotion of humanist values and in their protection.
On 21 November, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Türk will give a conference on human rights in a humanity in crisisconference on human rights in a humanity in crisis. Some of our students will take part in this conference and exchange with the UN High Commissioner.
The Human Rights Week is organized by the University of Geneva, in partnership with the Geneva Academy, the Geneva Graduate Institute, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Republic and State of Geneva, the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Les Créatives, the Martin Ennals Award, Foraus, Amnesty International UNIGE, AESPRI, FIDH, LICRA and the Permanent Mission of France to the UN in Geneva.
News
Our new publication, Equality and Non-Discrimination, brings together cutting-edge scholarship on one of the most fundamental principles of international human rights law.
News
Adobe
Our research brief 'Neurotechnology - Integrating Human Rights in Regulation' examines the human rights challenges posed by the rapid development of neurotechnology.
Training
UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré
This training course will explore the origin and evolution of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its functioning in Geneva and will focus on the nature of implementation of the UPR recommendations at the national level.
Project
Victoria Pickering
This project aims at providing support to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association Clément Voulé by addressing emerging issues affecting civic space and eveloping tools and materials allowing various stakeholders to promote and defend civic space.
Project
Adobe
This initiative wishes to contribute to better and more coordinated implementation, reporting and follow-up of international human rights recommendations through a global study on digital human rights tracking tools and databases.
Publication
