Events

Humanizing the WTO will be a key part of making the organization more impactful and durable.

On 8 October 2021, the Human Rights Council, at the end of its 48th session, established a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human…

The FES Geneva office, together with UNEP, CIEL, Earthjustice, Geneva Environment Network and Franciscans International co-sponsored a panel on…

This expert seminar invited UN special procedures mandate holders, treaty body members as well as OHCHR staff and NGO representatives to discuss…

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

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

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

Briefing on the June/July 2021 Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC47)

Organised by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), OXFAM Mexico and with the support of the FES Geneva office,…

Greater analytical attention is again being paid to intersectional inequalities as a trigger of and challenge for progressive social movements.

Social protection is essential to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Social protection is not only a universal human right, investing in social protection also…

Laurel Townhead from the Quaker United Nation Office in Geneva on the Council's role in protecting the human rights of migrants and refugees.

Higher education can be a key driver of development and a force for social mobility. It can also be a path to overcome inequalities across gender and…

During the 109th International Labour Conference (June 3-19), a delegation of workers from the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, the International…

FES-WTO virtual seminar for English-Speaking Journalists from Africa and Asia specialized in trade and economic issues.

Key findings from the new report "Investments in social protection and their impacts on economic growth"

The FES in cooperation with its partners the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and the Office of the High Commissioner…

FES-WTO virtual seminar for Spanish Speaking Journalists from Latin America specialized in trade and economic issues

Activists, women human rights defenders, community leaders and experts were joined on March 25th to the online roundtable on Promoting gender justice…

High-level session of the Human Rights and Climate Change Geneva Dialogues

Conversation with representatives from Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples and States. This event served as a follow-up briefing and discussion on the…