Wednesday, 12.10.2022 - 1:30pm-6:30 CEST, CCV, Rue de Varembé 9, Geneva, Switzerland and Online | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Event

International Conference on Business and Human Rights: From National Practice to International Binding Standards

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26.07.2022 | 2022, Human Rights and Development, Trade and Development

Accompagnying the AfCFTA

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New Study "The UPR: Beyond Reporting"

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07.06.2022 | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

Portraits of a Feminist Energy Transition | Video Series Part 3 - The Women in Nepal

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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Geneva Office

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Trade and Development
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Trade and Development

Trade is a powerful engine. But who is driving the engine? And what else needs to be done to let all parts of society benefit from trade policy? We try to empower those who are not yet the main beneficiaries of the current trade policy regime. More

Employment and Social Policy
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Employment and Social Policy

Decent work for all is not a slogan for us. It is our mission. We work together with a vast variety of stakeholders to achieve decent work for all; for the informal and formal sector, for women and men, for more and less advantaged. More

Human Rights and Development
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Human Rights and Development

The list of challenges to human rights in the 21st century is long. Climate change threatens fundamental human rights, such as the right to food, water or adequate housing. Austerity measures sacrifice the public’s right to social security, health and work in an attempt to balance state budgets. More

Migration
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Migration

Migration is a fundamental part of human behaviour. Climate change, environmental pollution, violent conflicts, economic insecurity are some of the reasons why people migrate. While inequalities and power structures exacerbate the reasons to leave one's home, the lines between forced and chosen migration are rarely clear. More

Media Center

20.07.2022 | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

New Study "The UPR: Beyond Reporting"

17 case studies on the impact of the UPR process


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07.06.2022 | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

Portraits of a Feminist Energy Transition | Video Series Part 3 - The Women in Nepal


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Events

Wednesday, 12.10.2022 - 1:30pm-6:30 CEST, CCV, Rue de Varembé 9, Geneva, Switzerland and Online | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Event

International Conference on Business and Human Rights: From National Practice to International Binding Standards

States bear the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights also in the context of business enterprises’ activities as provided by a…


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Tuesday, 27.09.2022 - Geneva, Switzerland | 2022, Trade and Development | Event

The Mont Blanc Scenarios: Journey into the Future of Trade

Session during the WTO Public Forum


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Tuesday, 06.09.2022 - 13:30 to 14:30 CEST, online | 2022, Human Rights and Development | Event

Human Rights and the Environment: Meeting on Activities Related to 51st Session of the Human Rights Council

This session organized ahead of the 51st Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC51) was co-convened by the Geneva Environment Network and the…


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Publications

Global solidarity funding for social protection

Global solidarity funding for social protection

A brief for the case of Nepal and Uganda
Bonn/Geneva, 2022

Download publication (260 KB, PDF-File)

Financing social protection

Manuel, Marcus

Financing social protection

Domestic and external options in low-income countries
Bonn/Geneva, 2022

Download publication (550 KB, PDF-File)

Human rights economics

Dommen, Caroline

Human rights economics

An enquiry
Bonn/Geneva, 2022

Download publication (520 KB, PDF-File)

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