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  • 2026
  • Employment and Social Policy
  • Event

Who Defends Democracy? Trade Unions Make Their Case at the FES Reception

During the ILC, FES Geneva invited global and strategic partners to debate international labour standards and the role of workers’ movements in defending democracy in an increasingly fragile multilateral world.

Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
Creator: Patrick Simon Anderseck
  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2026

Leading the way: Trade for a new generation

Join us for a high-level panel discussion on the future of the WTO and the multilateral trading system

  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2026

Towards a New Deal for Global Trade: A Progressive Agenda - A Geneva Perspective

Following the High-Level Dialogue with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and the WTO Director-General held on May 5, this technical workshop brought together senior diplomats and experts to discuss Geneva’s perspective on progressive trade...

Group picture of workshop participants
Creator: IISD
  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • 2026

Universal Periodic Review: How to Implement Human Rights

Launch of a new publication on how civil society coalitions can engage in the UPR

Flyer image with picture of publication cover
Creator: IDDH
  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2026

High-Level Dialogue: Toward a New Deal for Global Trade: A progressive agenda

Featuring Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, moderated by Nathalie Bernasconi, this dialogue explored core principles for a progressive trade policy suited to a changing global order. The...

Photo of Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Creator: IISD
  • Event
  • 2026

Global Progressive Mobilisation Summit 2026

Uniting the World's Progressive Forces

Opening of the Global Progressive Mobilisation Summit, Photo of building entrance
Creator: FES - Per Jacob Blut
  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2026

4th TUTT: WTO Reform After Yaoundé: Implications for African Workers

The 4th TUTT session looked at the WTO after its Ministerial Conference.

Banner saying "WTO Reform After Yaoundé": Implications for African Workers"
Creator: ITUC
  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2026

A Look back at MC14

Trade ministers gathered in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference.

A group photo of the participating journalists
Creator: FES
  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • 2026

Regulating Corporate Power in the Era of Deregulation

HRC Side Event and Report Launch on the UN Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights

Panel at HRC Side Event and Report Launch, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Creator: FES
  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • 2026

Safeguarding Civil Society Space at the United Nations

Side-event and launch of new publication during the 61st session of the Human Rights Council

Photo of panelists, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Creator: ICJ

Events Archive

If you are interested in previous events of FES Geneva, you can find them in our archive. Read more