02.09.2021 | 2021, Employment and Social Policy | Media Center

World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social Protection at the Crossroads – in Pursuit of a Better Future

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Thursday, 16.09.2021 - 13.00pm - 15.00pm GMT+2/ CEST | 2021, Trade and Development | Event

Publication Launch "UNCITRAL Fiddles While Countries Burn"

Five years into its review of international investment agreements, and specifically investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), Working Group III... More

Friday, 17.09.2021 - 9.00am - 10.30am EDT, Online | 2021, Employment and Social Policy, Trade and Development | Event

Report Launch "Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021- Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric"

Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible... More

Tuesday, 28.09.2021 - 16.35pm - 17.35pm CEST/CET+2, WTO Room D and Online | 2021, Trade and Development | Event

The Triple “R” Approach to Trade: Resilience, Robustness and Rights-based

Re-start or re-shape? Do we need a more resilient or a more robust multilateral trading system? More

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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

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02.09.2021 | 2021, Employment and Social Policy | Media Center

World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social Protection at the Crossroads – in Pursuit of a Better Future


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Protecting People Forced to Flee - The Geneva Refugee Convention turns 70

Interview with Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) about the right to asylum


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Tuesday, 28.09.2021 - 16.35pm - 17.35pm CEST/CET+2, WTO Room D and Online | 2021, Trade and Development | Event

The Triple “R” Approach to Trade: Resilience, Robustness and Rights-based

Re-start or re-shape? Do we need a more resilient or a more robust multilateral trading system?


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Friday, 17.09.2021 - 9.00am - 10.30am EDT, Online | 2021, Employment and Social Policy, Trade and Development | Event

Report Launch "Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021- Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric"

Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible…


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Thursday, 16.09.2021 - 13.00pm - 15.00pm GMT+2/ CEST | 2021, Trade and Development | Event

Publication Launch "UNCITRAL Fiddles While Countries Burn"

Five years into its review of international investment agreements, and specifically investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), Working Group III…


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Publications

UNCITRAL fiddles while countries burn

Kelsey, Jane; Mohamadieh, Kinda

UNCITRAL fiddles while countries burn

Geneva, 2021

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Un rapporteur spécial de l'ONU sur les droits de l'homme et les changements climatiques?

Billard Schachter, Clémence; Mingrone, Francesca

Un rapporteur spécial de l'ONU sur les droits de l'homme et les changements climatiques?

Perspectives régionales
Berlin, 2021

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Un relator especial de la ONU sobre los derechos humanos y el cambio climático?

Billard Schachter, Clémence; Mingrone, Francesca

Un relator especial de la ONU sobre los derechos humanos y el cambio climático?

Perspectives régionales
Berlin, 2021

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