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EventThis panel discussion marks the Launch of our New Research Initiative, carried out jointly by our Swiss IHL Chair Robin Geiß and the ICRC.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
EventIn this online event, some contributors to the new edition of Philip Alston and Frédéric Mégret’s book ‘The United Nations and Human Rights’ will examine the functions, procedures, and performance of the major UN organs dealing with human rights.
Diplo Foundation
Right OnWith less than a week remaining to what is likely to be the most contested US presidential election in decades, this webinar will discuss the precarious condition of electoral democracies in these challenging times.
This virtual side event will discuss the findings of the new report ‘Celebrating women in civil society and activism’ by Clement N. Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
Elgar
EventThis book is the outcome of a six-month research fellowship at the Geneva Academy carried out by Eric Tistounet, Chief of the Human Rights Council Branch at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Olivier Chamard/Geneva Academy
GHRP Annual ConferenceThe 2020 Annual Conference will focus on the connectivity between regional and global human rights mechanisms and relevant links with national systems, as well as on the effectiveness of these interactions in a number of policy areas.
Parick Cordova/The National Guard
EventThis online event – co-organized with FIAN International, WhyHunger, and the Human Rights Clinic at the Miami University School of Law – will reflect on the false and true solutions to ending hunger at its root causes in the U.S.
Kevin Gessner
EventThe discussion will focus on issue areas at the heart of the UN’s mandate and where a renewed vision for collective global action is urgently called for: nuclear disarmament, humanitarian assistance, sustainable development and human rights.
Diplo Foundation
Right OnThis webinar will highlight practical experiences and efforts to place human rights standards and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of immediate responses to COVID-19 and of long-term recovery strategies.
Anja
EventThis panel will discuss the legal and policy challenges of the new Swiss laws in light of international law.