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Human Rights Council: 37th session

Robin — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:23:02 +0000

Human Rights Council: 37th session

The Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-seventh regular session from 26 February to 23 March 2018 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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2016 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Robin — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:51:34 +0000

Forum title: "Leadership and Leverage: Embedding human rights in the rules and relationships that drive the global economy"

Click here to apply to register for the Forum. There is no registration fee. Registration takes approximately 5 mins. You must first create a user account before entering the participant(s) details.

See the draft programme here. The Forum will examine 3 main areas:

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UN General Assembly - 70th session

Robin — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:53:40 +0000

Summary:

The 70th session of the General Assembly will take place from 15th September to 6th October 2015 in New York under the Presidency of Denmark. Several of the main committees of the General Assembly will convene over the next couple of months, including the Third Committee which deals with human rights.

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Human Rights Council - 30th Session

Robin — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:30:12 +0000

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Third International Conference on Financing for Development

Robin — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:10:27 +0000

The third international conference on financing for development will to assess financing arrangments for the post 2015 development agenda

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Committee Against Torture - 55th Session

Robin — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:16:43 +0000

The 55th Session of the Committee against Torture will take place from 27 July to the 14 August 2015

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Beyond 2015: The Education We Want - A high-level discussion on the post-2015 education agenda

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:18:57 +0000

UNESCO and UNICEF are convening a high-level discussion in Brussels to promote a bold new agenda for education and build support for its inclusion as a central pillar in the post-2015 development framework.

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Half-Day General Discussion on girls’/women’s right to education

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:07:35 +0000

On the occasion of its 58th session, to be held in Geneva from 30 June to 18 July 2014, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold a half-day general discussion on girls’/women’s right to education (article 10 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women). The general discussion will be organized by OHCHR with support from UNICEF.

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Consultation - Human Rights Committee - General Discussion on Right to Life

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:51:17 +0000

On the occasion of its 114th session, to be held in Geneva from 29 June to 24 July 2015, the Human Rights Committee will hold a half day of general discussion in preparation for a General Comment on Article 6 (Right to Life) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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Consultation - How to create and maintain civil society space? What works? A Report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Deadline 30 June 2015

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:41:20 +0000

The High Commissioner for Human Rights is putting together a report of practical recommendations on how to create and maintain the space for civil society to work freely and independently.

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Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:36:24 +0000

The first session of the open-ended intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights will take place from 6 to 10 July 2015.

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Working Group on the use of mercenaries. Expert panel on foreign fighters

Robin — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:28:03 +0000

The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will be focusing its report to the General Assembly this year on the issue of foreign fighters. In this connection, it will be convening an expert panel on foreign fighters to discuss the report’s preliminary findings.

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UPR: pre-session of 20th UPR

CRIN — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:03:59 +0000

UPR Info is now organising the next round of pre-sessions between civil society organisations and permanent missions to discuss the human rights situation of States to be reviewed at the 20th UPR Working Group session (27 October – 7 November 2014): Angola, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Iran , Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, San Marino and Slovenia

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UN: Briefing on Outcome of the Treaty Bodies Strengthening Process

CRIN — Thu, 29 May 2014 13:49:40 +0000

Civil Society Section

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Briefing on "Outcome of the Treaty Bodies Strengthening Process"

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

14.00-17.00

Palais Wilson, Room 1-016, Geneva

Dear Civil Society Colleagues,

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Informal consultation of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies

CRIN — Fri, 23 May 2014 17:00:58 +0000

The informal consultation of the Chairpersons of human rights Treaty Bodies with civil society organizations and the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs will take place on Thursday, 26 June 2014, from 11:30 to 13:00 (first floor conference room, Palais Wilson).

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