Event Employment and Social Policy 2025 Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors - GCSPF Core team and regional strategy meetings in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2-4 December 2025 Image: Creator: Photocase: Marshi
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 The role of civil society in the UN at 80 High-Level Conference on the Role of Civil Society in the UN at 80 on the occasion of the 2025 International Human Rights Defenders and International Human Rights Days
Human Rights and Development Migration 2025 The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's Human Rights Award 2025 The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's Human Rights Award 2025 is awarded to International Detention Coalition (IDC) in recognition of its commitment to ending immigration detention.
Event Trade and Development 2025 The Impact of the Trump Tariffs on African Countries – Implications for Workers and Trade Justice Join us for our 3rd edition of the Trade Union Tarde Talks (TUTT)
Event Trade and Development 2025 Launch: Who Can Lead a Disarrayed World? Electing the Next UN Secretary-General Study launch & panel discussion
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 Update on the process to elaborate a legally binding instrument on business and human rights A Side Event at the 14th Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights.
2025 Migration Media Center Growing Use of Externalisation in Migration Governance Alarmed by the growing use of externalisation in migration governance, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants calls for collective reflection.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2025 No Profit Without Accountability: For People and the Planet Environmental Analysis of the Updated UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights
Event Trade and Development 2025 Trade Union Trade Talks (TUTT) 2nd Edition A knowledge exchange to shape the conversation on trade policies that affect African workers, particularly in the context of the AfCFTA.
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 Side Event HRC 60: Human Rights Monitoring in the Context of Migration The event discussed good practices on how to systematically integrate human rights monitoring into migration and border governance.
Event Trade and Development 2025 How Africa Eats – Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks Book Launch & Panel Discussion: How Africa Eats – Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks
Event Trade and Development 2025 Dialogue on Inequality, Poverty and Trade in Africa and the LDCs FES and UN Trade & Development held a debate with experts on how to reduce effectively inequality and poverty.
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 Just Transition and Human Rights: Key Issues for COP30 | HRC60 Side Event This side-event, convened by Franciscans International, the Lutheran World Federation, Earthjustice, the FES Geneva office, the Geneva Environment Network and Geneva Climate Change Consultation Group (GeCCco) identified the key takeaways...
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 Side Event HRC 60: NMIRF and social participation: Strengthening Human Rights Implementation at the National Level This side-event discussed the strengthening of international human rights standards and the impact of civic engagement in different mechanisms to support national implementation.
Event Trade and Development 2025 The WTO Public Forum 2025 WTO Public Forum sets the stage for the 2026 Ministerial Conference
Event Human Rights and Development 2025 2025 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change: The Role of Geneva in Building on the Historic Advisory Opinions on Climate Change Discussion on how Geneva-based human rights institutions can contribute to further advancing human rights-based climate action Image: Creator: Jean-Marc Ferré Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Event Human Rights and Development Migration 2025 Side Event HRC 59: Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders: Independent Monitoring in EU and Global Contexts This side-event explored how to bridge global & European efforts to push for more humane, transparent & rights-compliant border management policies.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2025 FES at the Heart of Global Labor Dialogue During the ILC, FES convenes global partners to discuss labor standards, multilateralism, and the role of democracy in a changing world.
Trade and Development Media Center 2025 How should a just and sustainable agreement for international agriculture trade look like? Read now: First working paper of the “Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined” project
Trade and Development Media Center 2025 Human rights impact assessments in trade agreements Elaborating a short and practical guide for HRIA
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2025 Human Rights in Turkey Addressing the most pressing human rights issues during the 49th UPR Pre-Session.
Human Rights and Development Media Center Migration 2025 International Day Against Racism: Racial Discrimination Against Migrants and Refugees The fight against racial discrimination goes hand in hand with the fight for human rights, says Dr Ibrahima Guissé of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Event Trade and Development 2025 Establishing a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt and a Global Debt Authority - Will this save FfD4? Side event during the 14th UNCTAD International Debt Management Conference in Geneva, 17-19 March 2025
Trade and Development Media Center 2025 Standing Tall as the Winds Howl Not the right of the strong, but the strength of the law must prevail in the political arena – this applies particularly to trade policy.
Trade and Development Archive 2025 Digital Trade in the African Context How digital trade can empower African economies and workers.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2024 Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Addressing the most pressing human rights issues during the 48th UPR Pre-Session.
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 UPR and the Role of National Civil Society Coalitions Online discussion to launch the Arabic version of the publication on coalition-building for the UPR supported by FES Geneva, Nov. 21, 3 p.m. (Geneva local time - CET), Interpretation: English, French, Arabic.
Event Trade and Development 2024 The Geoeconomic Turn in EU Trade Policies - Impact on Developing Countries Image: Creator: Photocase: FemmeCurieuse
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 2024 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform - Human rights System Under Pressure: A Reason to Expand Connectivity
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 Perspectives on international financial architecture reform: What do we want the FfD4 Conference to achieve? Joint side-event at the 2024 Human Rights Council Social Forum by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Global Policy Forum Europe (GPF), Public Services International (PSI) and the UN Research...
Event Trade and Development 2024 WTO Seminar for Journalists from Latin America Latin-american journalists met with WTO Deputy Director-General Ms Johanna Hill, the Ambassador from Chile, senior officials from Ecuador and Guatemala as well as with many experts from the WTO secretariat, UNCTAD, OHCHR, NGOs and think...
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 Side-event "Towards Universal Guidelines on Policies for Addressing Xenophobia and its Impact on Human Rights in Migration: Launching of the CERD-CMW Joint General Comment/Recommendation Consultation Phase"
Event Trade and Development 2024 WTO Public Forum Session: Services - A Staircase to Heaven? Image: Creator: Photocase: medienarbeiter
Event Trade and Development 2024 Africa is Digital: How to Ensure Inclusive Digital Trade within the AfCFTA?
Event Human Rights and Development Migration 2024 Where are Human Rights in the Discussion on Climate Change and Human Mobility? FES Geneva and partners organized a side event at the HRC 56th session on climate change and human mobility.
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 Establishing Effective Helpdesks on Business and Human Rights
Employment and Social Policy Media Center 2024 Policy Brief - Social Protection for Climate Justice: Why and how? Image: Creator: Photocase: birdys
Event Human Rights and Development 2024 2024 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change The 2024 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change were building on previous editions to discuss how Geneva-based human rights institutions can contribute to further advancing human rights-based climate action.
Event Migration 2024 UPR ONLINE LAUNCH REGISTRATION – EPU INSCRIPCIÓN EN LÍNEA PARA EL LANZAMIENTO – INSCRIÇÃO PARA EVENTO ONLINE SOBRE RPU Online Launch: UPR and the role of national and regional civil society coalitions.
Trade and Development Media Center 2024 Special Edition III: The Mont Blanc Trade News Takeaways and reflections on MC13
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2024 Universal Periodic Review: A Practical Guide for Civil Society to Build National Coalitions A new publication on coalition-building for the UPR supported by FES Geneva
Trade and Development Media Center 2024 Special edition II: The Mont Blanc Trade News Views on the process and progress life from MC13
Trade and Development Media Center 2024 Special edition: The Mont Blanc Trade News Context and expectations before MC13
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2024 Human Rights in Uruguay Addressing the most pressing human rights issues during the 46th UPR Pre-Session.
Event Migration 2024 Publication Launch: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum
Media Center Migration 2024 Towards More Ambitious Goals: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum The new FES publication offers a civil society perspective on how we can raise ambition for the IMRF to deliver for migrants.
Media Center Migration 2023 Shifting Power: Advancing Refugee Participation at the Global Refugee Forum Increased participation at the upcoming GRF can increase refugees’ tangible influence on issues that directly impact their lives.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2023 From the Human Rights Council: 9th round of negotiations on the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights Policy Brief of FES Geneva Image: Creator: UN
Event Trade and Development 2023 eTrade for Women Members at the UNCTAD eWeek 2023 Although digitalization is opening many opportunities for businesses, including in developing countries, women remain heavily under-represented in the digital economy.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2023 In Need of Help? – The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has put forward a proposal to establish a global helpdesk for business, governments, civil society and other stakeholders for a more coherent approach towards the UN Guiding Principles on... Image: Creator: shutterstock: Red2000
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2023 Why Climate Change and Human Rights are Connected What are the obligations of states to protect the human rights of those affected by climate change?
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2023 Why Business and Human Rights are Connected What can be done by the UN human rights system to protect people from human rights abuses?
Event Human Rights and Development 2023 Integrating Detoxification and Decarbonization to Protect Human Rights of Affected Communities HRC54 Side Event / Geneva Toxic Free Talks Image: Creator: Photocase: Nils Loehr
2023 Trade and Development Media Center GOING CIRCULAR: How the Harmonized System Codes Can/Not Support a Circular Economy and What Else Could Be Done New Publication by Jack Barrie and Gael Grooby
Event Human Rights and Development 2023 Geoengineering and Human Rights Side Event: Human Rights Implications and Risks of Geoengineering Interventions Image: Creator: Photocase: FemmeCurieuse
2023 Trade and Development Event Going Circular: How the HS Codes Can/Not Support a Circular Economy Are you interested in the circular economy? Did you always want to deepen your understanding about the HS codes? And are you open for experiments? Then this session was for you.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2023 Social Protection is a Human Right Social security is a human right, yet many lack access. International commitments exist, but action is needed. Let's bridge the protection gap!
Trade and Development Media Center 2023 Agreement on Agriculture Reimagined Exploring ways to redesign global agricultural trade to support sustainable food systems in diverse contexts
Event Migration 2023 Advancing Human Rights in Responses to Climate Displacement and Human Mobility: Regional Perspectives How can we ensure human rights-based approaches to address climate-related displacement risk and human mobility in impacted communities?
Event Human Rights and Development Migration 2023 Bringing Climate Migration Voices into Global Spaces A civil society delegation highlighting voices of climate-impacted communities took four regional policy briefs on climate change, human mobility, and human rights to Bonn and Geneva
Trade and Development Media Center 2023 New Publication: How Africa Trades - Edited by David Luke An invaluable open access resource for making sense of the continent's major trade challenges
Event Human Rights and Development 2023 2023 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change The 2023 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change followed up on previous editions to discuss how Geneva-based human rights institutions can contribute to further advance human rights-based climate action.
Trade and Development Human Rights and Development Media Center Migration 2023 New Report: Spotlight on Global Multilateralism Perspectives on the Future of International Cooperation in Times of Multiple Crises
Event Trade and Development 2023 Circular Economy Along the Value Chain: Potential and Challenges for Developing Countries Circular Economy is on the agenda. And it has the potential to become a hot topic on the trade agenda, too. Image: Creator: Photocase: Lensw0rld
2023 Trade and Development Media Center New Publication: Make a difference! Differential treatment of developing countries in trade and climate change regimes Perspective Series: »Climate and Trade Communities: Joining Hands to attain a Prosperous and Sustainable Future« | N°3
2023 Trade and Development Media Center New Publication: Be more holistic! Why the WTO and UNFCCC should work together more closely in the area of financing Perspective Series: »Climate and Trade Communities: Joining Hands to attain a Prosperous and Sustainable Future« | N°2
2023 Trade and Development Media Center New Publication: DON’T RUN ALONE! Why the WTO and UNFCCC should work together more closely in the area of agriculture Perspective Series: »Climate and Trade Communities: Joining Hands to attain a Prosperous and Sustainable Future« | N°1 Image: Creator: Photocase: Raul-Ruiz
Media Center Migration 2023 How Inclusive Immigration Policies Foster Development in the Global South Interview with Luisa Feline Freier of the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru
Media Center Migration 2022 Delivering on the Promise of the GCM: Migration Justice Briefing Paper Series The briefing paper series aims at reinforcing steps towards migration justice
Event Trade and Development 2022 FES-WTO Incoming for French Speaking Journalists from Africa What exactly is the World Trade Organization and what is it not? How does the multilateral trading system work?
Human Rights and Development Media Center Migration 2022 UN Member States Reaffirm the Human Rights of all Migrants States adopted the International Migration Review Forum’s Progress Declaration by consensus.
Event Trade and Development 2022 Deep Dive into Circular Economy: HS Code System at Heart The role of international trade in fostering a circular economy transition is gaining prominence in international policy debates.
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 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 series of international human rights treaties and reaffirmed by the UN Guiding Principles...
Trade and Development Media Center 2022 NEWSPAPER: Scenarios of the Future of Trade Future Paths for the International Trading Architecture
Event Trade and Development 2022 The Mont Blanc Scenarios: Journey into the Future of Trade Session during the WTO Public Forum
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 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 Geneva Climate Change Consultation Group (GeCCco) and aimed at sharing information on... Image: Creator: UN
Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2022 Accompagnying the AfCFTA New publications released
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2022 New Study "The UPR: Beyond Reporting" 17 case studies on the impact of the UPR process
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 Publication Launch - The UPR: Beyond Reporting Transformational Changes on the Ground
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 Feminist Development Policies: What does “Feminist” mean for Women in the Global South? Established in some countries of the Global North and in major international organisations, feminist policies have been put into action to target and promote women better in their foreign and development policy.
Event Trade and Development 2022 2022 Trade and Sustainability Hub The 2022 Trade and Sustainability Hub took place from June 13 to 15 alongside the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12).
Event Trade and Development 2022 LDC-Journalists at WTO MC12 The rules-based multilateral trading system plays a crucial role in helping least-developed countries further integrate into the global economy. Image: Creator: WTO
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2022 Portraits of a Feminist Energy Transition | Video Series Part 3 - The Women in Nepal
Trade and Development Media Center 2022 New Publication: MacLeod, Jamie - Human Rights and the AfCFTA Taking Stock and Navigating the Way Forward
Media Center Migration 2022 Far from Realizing the Vision of the Global Compact on Migration Spotlight report about key issues affecting migrants at the grassroots, national and regional levels.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2022 Human Rights Economics: A Conversation Human rights has been a powerful tool for political change but has not yet played the part it could in steering economic thinking and economic policy in a more human-centred, ethics-based direction.
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms FES in cooperation with its partners the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organized the eighth training course for national human rights... Image: Creator: FES
Event Migration 2022 Grassroots Voices: Spotlight on Migrant Perspectives towards the IMRF Upcoming report about key issues affecting migrants at the grassroots, national and regional levels.
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2022 Portraits of a Feminist Energy Transition | Video Series Part 2 - Women in the Energy Transition in Yemen
Event Trade and Development 2022 The Mont Blanc Scenarios: Future Paths for the International Trading Architecture We embark on a new journey to envision the future of trade, which should be less long and arduous, but short and pleasant.
Media Center Migration 2022 IMRF Puts Global Spotlight on Migration Interview with members of the Global Coalition on Migration
Event Human Rights and Development 2022 Children’s Global Consultation on Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Support Children’s engagement! The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is developing a General Comment on Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GC on SD).
Human Rights and Development Media Center 2022 Towards a Gender-Just Transition: A Human Rights Approach to Women’s Participation in the Energy Transition New briefing paper by the GI-ESCR
Employment and Social Policy Media Center 2022 Why does the world need a Global Fund for Social Protection? Simply take three minutes and watch…
2021 Latest paper: Delivering on the promise of the Global Compact for Migration The briefing paper series aims at reinforcing steps towards migration justice
Event Trade and Development 2021 “Humanizing the WTO: Seeking a Sustainable, Just, and Integrative Trade Agenda” Humanizing the WTO will be a key part of making the organization more impactful and durable.
2021 Media Center Migration Launch of the World Migration Report 2022 We speak with IOM Director General António Vitorino on the newest data on migration.
Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center Portraits of a Feminist Energy Transition Video Series
Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center The Persistence of Poverty Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Image: Creator: Shutterstock: addkm
Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center “Don’t Say Where You’re From” A documentary about Discrimination Experienced by People in Poverty
Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Short Videos on Social Democracy Made by the Academy for Social Democracy
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Virtual Briefing for Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations on the Creation of a New UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change 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 rights in the context of climate change! Image: Creator: Photocase: birdys
Trade and Development 2021 Media Center Climate meets Trade – Trade needs Climate Supporting the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions at the WTO
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Thematic Session at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform: “Environment and Human Rights - How do National Human Rights Actors Address this Link and How do They Engage with Geneva-Based International Mechanisms? “ The FES Geneva office, together with UNEP, CIEL, Earthjustice, Geneva Environment Network and Franciscans International co-sponsored a panel on environment and human rights of the upcoming Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights...
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Expert Seminar: Building Back Better – With Human Rights and SDGS at the Centre. The Role of United Nations Special Procedures (SPs) and Treaty Bodies (TBs). This expert seminar invited UN special procedures mandate holders, treaty body members as well as OHCHR staff and NGO representatives to discuss their role played in monitoring SDGs and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRs)...
Event Trade and Development 2021 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?
Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center Migration The International Community Must Protect the People of Afghanistan Interview with Katharina Rose, GHANRI
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2021 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 example of this is the global disparity in the distribution of vaccines.
Event Trade and Development 2021 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 (WGIII) of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) appears to be... Image: Creator: Pixabay: Hans_Braxmeier
Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Spotlight Report on Sustainable Development 2021 Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric
Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social Protection at the Crossroads – in Pursuit of a Better Future
2021 Media Center Migration Protecting People Forced to Flee - The Geneva Refugee Convention turns 70 Interview with Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) about the right to asylum
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Towards the Creation of a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change Briefing on the June/July 2021 Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC47) Image: Creator: Photocase: Nils Loehr
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Women’s Participation in the Renewable Energy Transition- Policy Dialogue, Sharing Knowledge and Mutual Learning Event Organised by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), OXFAM Mexico and with the support of the FES Geneva office, this event took place around the 47th session of the Human Rights Council convening a... Image: Creator: Photocase: birdys
Event Employment and Social Policy 2021 Bringing Capitalism Back into Social Movement Studies. An Agenda for Research and Action Greater analytical attention is again being paid to intersectional inequalities as a trigger of and challenge for progressive social movements.
Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center Migration Building Back Better: Factoring in Migrant Workers Migrant workers and the post-COVID world Image: Creator: Picture alliance: Suhaimi Abdullah
Event Employment and Social Policy 2021 Side Event at HLPF: “Decade of Action to Achieve Universal Social Protection by 2030” Social protection is essential to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Social protection is not only a universal human right, investing in social protection also brings high social and economic returns.
Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center Human Rights Council 16th Meeting, 47th Regular Session: Suggestion of a Global Fund for Social Protection Watch the video with SR Olivier de Schutter's statement Image: Creator: UN
Event 2021 Migration Pursuing Migration Justice through the UN Human Rights Council Laurel Townhead from the Quaker United Nation Office in Geneva on the Council's role in protecting the human rights of migrants and refugees.
Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2021 Media Center Human Rights Economics A framework for the human rights community to engage effectively with economic policy
Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center 5 Myths About Social Protection Find out which myths obstruct the understanding of social protection Image: Creator: FES
Event Employment and Social Policy 2021 Universities and Social Inequalities in the Global South 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 race by fostering labour market opportunities.
Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Why Social Protection Matters – Video Project Support the campaign for global social protection by telling us why social protection is important to you
Event Employment and Social Policy 2021 Extending Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy During the 109th International Labour Conference (June 3-19), a delegation of workers from the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), HomeNet International, SEWA, StreetNet International,...
Event Trade and Development 2021 The 12th Ministerial Conference: Towards a WTO 2.0? FES-WTO virtual seminar for English-Speaking Journalists from Africa and Asia specialized in trade and economic issues. Image: Creator: WTO
Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Global Fund for Social Protection: International Solidarity in the Service of Poverty Eradication Report from Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter Image: Creator: Photocase: Bluemoon1981
Event Employment and Social Policy 2021 The Economic Benefits of Social Protection Key findings from the new report "Investments in social protection and their impacts on economic growth"
Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Investments in Social Protection and Their Impacts on Economic Growth New ITUC Report on universal social protection
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms The FES in cooperation with its partners the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organized the seventh training course for national human rights... Image: Creator: FES
Event Trade and Development 2021 The 12th Ministerial Conference: Towards a WTO 2.0? FES-WTO virtual seminar for Spanish Speaking Journalists from Latin America specialized in trade and economic issues Image: Creator: WTO
Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2021 Media Center Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 Lessons from the global COVID-19 crisis
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 JOIN! 25 March | Promoting gender justice in the transition to renewable energy Activists, women human rights defenders, community leaders and experts were joined on March 25th to the online roundtable on Promoting gender justice in the transition to renewable energy, a side event of the 65th session of the...
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Human Rights Institutions and the Implementation of the Paris Agreement High-level session of the Human Rights and Climate Change Geneva Dialogues Image: Creator: Photocase: Nils Loehr
Human Rights and Development 2021 REPORT: A UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Climate Change? : Regional Perspectives This report builds upon the call from the Climate Vulnerable Forum and Pacific Island States to establish a mandate for a new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change.
Event Human Rights and Development 2021 Virtual Briefing & Discussion: A UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change? Regional Perspectives Conversation with representatives from Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples and States. This event served as a follow-up briefing and discussion on the outcomes of the regional consultations which were coordinated by CIEL, FI and regional... Image: Creator: Photocase: birdys
Event Peace and Security Policy 2020 Series of Virtual Consultations on the Arms Trade Treaty "Arms Diversion”: The fourth and last consultation of the series focused on arms diversion.
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 Roundtable on Renewable Energy and Gender Justice The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung invited to a virtual roundtable discussion amongst human rights and gender experts, to deepen our collective understanding of the renewable... Image: Creator: Photocase: David-W
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 New Report Sheds Light on What Governments, Business and the UN Need to do in Conflict-Affected Areas: But What’s Next for This Field? While it is well documented that the worst forms of business-related human rights abuse tend to happen in conflict-affected contexts, a better understanding of the practical measures that States and business enterprises should take to...
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 2020 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform The 2020 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform will focus on the connectivity between regional and global human rights mechanisms. It will also discuss relevant links with national systems and the overall effectiveness of...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2020 Series of Virtual Consultations on the Arms Trade Treaty "Youth Engagement”: The third consultation of the series focused on the engagement of youth in disarmament and arms control campaigns.
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 Virtual Consultations on the Establishment of a UN Special Procedure on Human Rights and Climate Change The FES is supporting its partner organisations in holding virtual regional consultations to strengthen the discussion towards the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. Image: Creator: Photocase: Nils Loehr
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 Virtual Briefing, CIEL & Franciscans International The FES together with its partner organisations held a virtual briefing to strengthen the discussion towards the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. Image: Creator: Photocase: birdys
Event Peace and Security Policy 2020 Series of Virtual Consultations on the Arms Trade Treaty "Transparency & Reporting”: The second consultation of the series focused on the perspectives of reporting obligations and participation in the ATT process with the aim to develop a strategy to address the issue of transparency.
Event Peace and Security Policy 2020 Series of Virtual Consultations on the Arms Trade Treaty A series of virtual consultations around a thematic or regional issue pertaining to the work of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for the members and partner organizations of the Control Arms Coalition will be held during the second half of...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2020 Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty For the fifth year in a row, FES Geneva supported the training course “Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty” of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Image: Creator: UN
Event Human Rights and Development 2020 Regional Consultation: Driving Responsible Investment and Business to Build Sustainable Peace The Working Group is mandated by the Human Rights Council to promote the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the globally recognized framework on the respective duties and responsibilities of governments and business...
Event Employment and Social Policy 2019 Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth How much public wealth has been redirected to the 1% in recent decades, and what can we do to get it back? These are the central questions which Guy Standing addressed in this seminar, the latest in the UNRISD-FES series Insights into...
Event Employment and Social Policy 2019 Social Protection Floors Week ILO – The Core Team of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors During the Global Social Protection Week at the International Labour Organization (ILO), two strategic meetings of the Core Team of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors took place. These meetings were facilitated by the...
Event Trade and Development 2019 Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System – Perspectives from Southern Africa The dialogue jointly organized by FES and the WTO aimed at developing a better understanding of the WTO and its role in the international trading system.
Event Trade and Development 2019 Graduating Least Developed Countries in an Evolving WTO LDCs are not at the forefront when it comes to public awareness. Nor are their special needs and interests high on the agenda of ongoing trade discussions.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2019 Income Inequality Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Explaining Divergence, Determinants and Consequences The remarkable economic growth of sub-Saharan Africa in the first 15 years of the 21st century did not always go hand in hand with greater equality. While income inequality during the 2000s decreased in 17 countries, it went up in 12...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2019 Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights Digitialization is rapid and accelerating, with innovation changing the way we design, produce and generate value from products and related services.
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 Human Rights Take-Aways from the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land: Understanding the Relevance of Land Rights, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Food Security for Effective Climate Action The IPCC released on 8th August a Special Report on Climate Change and Land. The report was endorsed by all governments. It contains key findings that are highly relevant from a human rights perspective: stressing the importance of...
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2019 Towards Recognition of Safe and Healthy Work as a Fundamental Right at Work The UN Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, has presented a report containing 15 principles to end the exploitation of workers through their exposure to hazardous substances. Image: Creator: Photocase: Nils Loehr
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2019 Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights Digitialisation is rapid and accelerating. The way new digital technologies interact with the global economy poses new opportunities and challenges for inclusive development.
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 Expert Seminar: The role of UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas The UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) in 2018. Image: Creator: Photocase: Bluemoon1981
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Economic Complicity with the Pinochet’s Dictatorship This event, co-organized with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, marks the launch in Geneva of the new book by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, UN Independent Expert on Debt and Human Rights, co-edited with Karinna Fernández, a Chilean human rights...
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 Expert Workshop on Integrating Human Rights in Nationally Determined Contributions All governments are obligated to respect, protect and fulfill human rights. The Paris Agreement affirms that governments should respect, protect and take into consideration their human rights obligations when taking action to address...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2019 Global Inequalities and Unsustainability - A Conversation with Lucas Chancel Economic inequality and environmental degradation are among the greatest policy challenges of our time. Properly understanding global inequality trends and drivers, as well as their interactions with environmental degradation, is key to...
Event Trade and Development 2019 FES-WTO Seminar for English Speaking Journalists from Africa/Asia Specialized in Trade and Economic Issues What exactly is the World Trade Organization and what is it not? How does the multilateral trading system work? What are the most current developments at the WTO? Image: Creator: WTO
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 2019 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms The training was organized jointly by FES, OHCHR, the Global Alliance of NHRIs and UNITAR. It was developed especially for junior staff of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).
Event Peace and Security Policy 2019 Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty For the fourth year in a row, FES Geneva supported the training course “Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty” of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Image: Creator: Photocase: knallgruen
Event Trade and Development 2019 Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Industrialization Whilst the digital economy is being felt across the continent, there exists a substantial digital divide between African countries and the rest of the world. This presents challenges for the African continent that will need to be...
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reform Policies Following the presentation by the Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights of the guiding principles for human rights impact assessments for economic reform policies to the Human Rights Council, this side event further...
Event Employment and Social Policy 2019 Financing Social Protection for All Members of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors held a strategy meeting on financing social protection for all in the run-up to various social protection events taking place in Geneva in the same week. Image: Creator: Photocase: FemmeCurieuse
Event Human Rights and Development 2019 32nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review During the 32nd session of the Universal Periodic Review, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung supported civil society representatives of Chile and Uruguay in their UPR work. Image: Creator: photocase: zettberlin
Event Human Rights and Development Peace and Security Policy 2018 How can Climate Actions Respect Rights and Contribute to Peacebuilding in the Transition to a Green Economy? Shifting to renewable energy is a fundamental part of the transition towards green economy. The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the SDGs both underline the necessity of a transition toward a sustainable, zero-carbon future for all as a...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2018 Overcoming Inequalities in a Fractured World: Between Elite Power and Social Mobilization Inequalities are one of today’s greatest challenges. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social...
Event Trade and Development 2018 Engines of Inequality? Elites, Power and Politics How did we arrive at this moment in which the richest 1% of the population holds half of the world’s wealth? What kinds of fractures has this extreme concentration of wealth wrought, be they economic, political, cultural, social,...
Event Human Rights and Development 2018 Arabic Speaking Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms In cooperation with the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, FES Geneva organizes an advanced training course on human rights and the UN human rights system to participants of previous regional training courses.
Event Human Rights and Development 2018 Expert Seminar on the UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants After 5 years of negotiation by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the rights of peasants the Human Rights Council in September adopted the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
Event Trade and Development 2018 The Future of Investment-related Dispute Settlement: Options and Models Organized jointly by International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), this session’s goal is to provide a platform for discussion about the...
Event Trade and Development 2018 Investment for Sustainable Development; Incorporating Investor Obligations in Trade and Investment Agreements International investment governance is in the process of renewal. Moving away from traditional post-colonial investment treaty models of the late 1950s, newer approaches are emerging that take a more holistic approach, rebalance rights...
Event Trade and Development 2018 Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System: Perspectives from East Africa The dialogue for civil society and media representatives aims at developing a better understanding of the WTO and its role in the international trading system.
Event Human Rights and Development 2018 70 years Universal Declaration of Human Rights – A Time for Concern or Celebration? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2018 Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Geneva office of the Friedrich‐Ebert‐Stiftung (FES) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are planning to jointly publish a compilation on the Implications for...
Event Trade and Development 2018 Africa Goes Digital: Leaving no one Behind Digital trade is growing rapidly in Africa. It can provide many opportunities that promote or realise human rights.
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2018 Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018: Changing Course for Sustainable Development – Bold Alternatives to Business as Usual “The world is off-track in terms of achieving sustainable development, and fundamental policy changes are necessary to unleash the transformative potential of the SDGs.”
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2018 Exploitation by Exposure: Workers’ Rights and Toxic Exposures In his 2018 annual report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes (toxics), Baskut Tuncak,...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2018 Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reform Policies In 2017, the Human Rights Council in its resolution 34/3 requested the Independent Expert on foreign debt, finance and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, to develop guiding principles for human rights impact assessments for economic...
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2018 ESCR and Sustainable Development - Strengthening the Role of UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Monitoring the SDGs that Seek to Realize ESCR This expert seminar, jointly organized by FES Geneva and the Geneva Academy, aimed to discuss the role of UN human rights mechanisms in monitoring the SDGs that seek to realize ESCR, as well as recommendations made by the Geneva Academy...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2018 Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights Digital trade can provide many opportunities that promote or realise human rights within the international and regional human rights framework.
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2018 Towards Guiding Principles on Worker Rights and Toxics This expert meeting served to assist the drafting of the next report by the Special Rapporteur, Baskut Tuncak, to the Human Rights Council (to be presented in September) and further development of principles regarding the rights of...
Event Human Rights and Development 2018 2018 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms The training, developed especially for staff of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) world-wide, aimed to support participants in...
Event Trade and Development 2018 FES-WTO Seminar for French Speaking Journalists from Africa Specialized in Trade and Economic Issues What exactly is the World Trade Organization and what is it not? How does the multilateral trading system work?
Event Peace and Security Policy 2018 Overcoming the Impasse on a WMD-free Zone in the Middle East: Promising New Concrete Steps by Vital Regional Actors On the occasion of the 2018 Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, the Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung jointly...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2018 Framework Forum Roundtable: Reviving Nuclear Threat-Reduction and Disarmament through the NPT, Conference on Disarmament and UN High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament This workshop was jointly organised by the Basel Peace Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Middle Powers Initiative and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament.
Event Peace and Security Policy 2018 Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty For the third year in a row, FES Geneva supported the training course “Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty” of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2018 Assessing Human Rights Impacts of Economic Reform Policies In March 2017 the HRC requested the Independent Expert on debt and human rights, Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, to propose Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments for Economic Reform Programmes (Res. 34/3) through...
Event Human Rights and Development 2018 The Right to Housing – a Strategy and Capacity Building Workshop This workshop, organized jointly with the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, brought together housing rights advocates from across the world, who are interested in joint strategic advocacy on the right to...
Event Trade and Development 2018 Harnessing Investment for Sustainable Development: Inclusion of Investor Obligations and Corporate Accountability Provisions in Trade and Investment Agreements An increasing number of trade and investment agreements include provisions or chapters relating to sustainable development.
Event Trade and Development 2017 How to make International Trade Policy Supportive of the Paris Agreement Trade rules and environmental protection should be made mutually supportive, in particular with a view to climate change.
Event Trade and Development 2017 Using the WTO and the Trade System to Discipline Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Climate Mitigation A recent IMF study places global fossil fuel subsidies at US$5.3 trillion, or 6.5% of global GDP, which boost greenhouse gas emissions and further spur climate change, undermining efforts made by the international community.
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2017 Making Trade Benefit Workers by Reforming Trade Agreements To ensure that the benefits of trade are more equally shared, special attention needs to be given to decent work in global value chains (GVCs) as the asymmetric power relationship between suppliers and MNEs leads to downward pressure on...
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2017 The Right to Information - Access to Remedies for Communities and Workers Affected by Toxic Waste In line with the theme of the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights “Realizing access to remedy” this side event aimed at exploring access to information and grievance mechanisms currently in place for human rights violations in the...
Event Human Rights and Development 2017 Arabic Speaking Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms In cooperation with the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, FES Geneva organized an advanced training course on human rights and the UN human rights system to participants of previous regional training courses.
Event Human Rights and Development Peace and Security Policy 2017 Forging Social Contracts to Prevent Violent Conflict, to Protect Human Rights and to Sustain Peace: Bringing our Strategic Approaches and Resources to Bear The international community has faced challenges in finding winning collective formulas to support the prevention of violent conflict and achieving and sustaining of peace in light of the profound complexities of any given country...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2017 Symposium on the Protection of Whistleblowers Whistleblowers play a pivotal role in supporting transparency and accountability in both the public and private sectors as they bring to light illegal activities such as tax evasion and collusion.
Event Trade and Development 2017 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Reclaiming Policies for the Public Independent monitoring and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its structural obstacles and challenges are key factors for the success of the SDGs.
Event Trade and Development 2017 Making the International Trading System Work for Climate Change: Assessing the Options The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 created a new context for the interface between climate change and trade policy.
Event Human Rights and Development Peace and Security Policy 2017 Approaching New Realities: Human Rights in Conflict Situations - Expanding the Scope of the Human Rights Council This expert seminar, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the German Institute for Human Rights, Forum Menschenrechte and the Geneva Academy examined the role of the Human Rights Council in bridging international human rights and...
Event Human Rights and Development Peace and Security Policy 2017 Migration Tomorrow’s World of Migration and Mobility The aim of this meeting was to present a summary of the outcomes of a two-year scenario building initiative the International Organization for Migration, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Global Future have engaged in to generate thinking...
Event Trade and Development 2017 WTO Public Forum 2017 Working Session: Africa's Continental Free Trade Area: Achieving Human Rights-Consistent Development The continental free trade area (CFTA) is expected to generate significant gains for Africa in terms of growth, productivity, jobs and incomes. How these gains are divided will be key to determining whether the CFTA is inclusive and...
Event Employment and Social Policy 2017 WTO Public Forum 2017 Working Session: Making Trade Benefit Workers To ensure that the benefits of trade are more equally shared, special attention needs to be given to decent work in global supply or value chains (GVC).
Event Trade and Development 2017 FES-WTO Incoming for Spanish Speaking Journalists from Latin America What exactly is the World Trade Organization and what is it not? How does the multilateral trading system work?
Event Peace and Security Policy 2017 The ATT from an African Perspective: Parliaments and Civil Society as Relevant Stakeholders for Universalization and Implementation Despite the relatively fast pace of ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty, universalization in certain regions and implementation is still a pending task.
Event Trade and Development 2017 Authors' Workshop on Developing Country Tax Policies and Cooperation The outcomes of Erosion and Profit Shifting project (BEPS), launched in September 2015 by the OECD, confirm the existence of a need for a thoroughgoing reform of international tax cooperation.
Event Trade and Development 2017 The CFTA: Ensuring Inclusive Outcomes Through Boosting Intra-African Trade and Connectivity The African Union is negotiating a Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) premised on the importance of enhanced trade integration and resulting economic benefits, with an equally important commitment to equity, justice and fairness...
Event Trade and Development 2017 Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System: Perspectives from West Africa The dialogue for civil society and media representatives aimed at developing a better understanding of the WTO and its role in the international trading system.
Event Human Rights and Development 2017 Climate Induced Movement of People – Ensuring a Human Rights Based Approach Children are disproportionately impacted by climate change due to their unique metabolism, physiology and developmental needs says the Analytical Study of the OHCHR on climate change and the rights of the child (A/HRC/35/13).
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2017 Toward Guiding Principles on Worker Rights and Toxics This seminar was a follow-up to a March 2017 workshop in Geneva where the need for a more comprehensive approach to prevent and address the severe damages of toxics became apparent, particularly for workers.
Event Human Rights and Development 2017 2017 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms This training was developed especially for staff of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) world-wide.
Event Trade and Development 2017 G20 and the Evolution of the Global Trade and Investment Regime: From Crisis Management to Vision and Leadership? As a global governance mechanism, the G20 is uniquely positioned to shape the various components of the global trade and investment regime.
Event Peace and Security Policy 2017 Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty For the second year in a row, FES Geneva supported the training course “Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty” of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2017 Pre-Launch of the Ex-Ante CFTA-Human Rights Impact Assessment Since 2015 a project of an ex-ante Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA takes place in close cooperation between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the FES...
Event Human Rights and Development 2017 Beyond the Procedure: The UPR as a Catalyst for Public Debate on Human Rights The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is widely acknowledged as one of the major innovations of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2017 Workers' Rights, Toxic Threats: Accelerating State Action on Toxic Workplaces One worker dies every minute due to the use of hazardous substances in the workplace. The international human rights framework including a vast number of standards set by the ILO aim to protect workers’ from toxic threats.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2017 Labour Rights in the Context of Structural Adjustment and Austerity Policy In response to debt and financial crises States have adopted fiscal consolidation measures, such as reducing the public sector wage bill or the number of people employed in the public sector, and labour market reforms.
Event Human Rights and Development 2017 Migration Global Migration Scenarios: Second Scenario Workshop This workshop, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Global Future, a Geneva based NGO, constituted the second meeting of invited experts who take part in the one-year scenario building...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2016 Validation Meeting on the Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA Since 2015 the Economic Commission of Africa, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the FES Geneva office are undertaking a joint project to realize a Human Right Impact Assessment of the Continental Free Trade Area in...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2016 Parallel Session at the Africa Trade Week: Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA Although the CFTA is expected to boost intra-African trade and create aggregate gains for the continent, the distribution of these gains will be key.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 The Right to Land and Other Natural Resources The expert seminar on the right to land and other natural resources addressed questions around the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Sharing the Lessons Learned: Business&Human Rights, Conflict Sensitivity, Business&Peace This roundtable, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the Quaker United Nations Office and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, aimed to bring together experts from the human rights, environmental rights and peacebuilding communities to share...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Rights and Resources: Embedding Human Rights into Corporate Tax Regimes As part of the programme of the 5th Forum on Business and Human Rights this session, jointly organized by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the FES Geneva Office and the Center for Economic and Social...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Inequality as a Danger to Sustainable Peace – Converging Perspectives on Human Rights and Peacebuilding Inequality does not only encompass economic inequality but includes the unequal distribution of resources, gender inequality as well as access to social services and the justice system.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2016 The Social Protection Floors: Achieving Social Security for All - Implementing an International Concept on the National Level The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has decided to put the concept of SPF at the centre of its activities in the area of social justice.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Arabic Speaking Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms In cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, FES Geneva organized an advanced training course on human rights and the UN human rights system to participants of...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2016 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A Good or Bad Start? Civil Society Reflection Group Report Launch: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016 Independent monitoring and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its structural obstacles and challenges are key factors for the success of the SDGs.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2016 Roundtable on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and Human Rights The African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is another envisioned mega-regional economic agreement standing alongside TPP, TTIP, RCEP, and others.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 10 Years Human Rights Council – What Difference Has It Made? And What Difference Should It Make In The Future? Organized jointly by FES, the German Institute for Human Rights and the NGO Forum for Human Rights, this annual conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Council provided an opportunity to reflect on the work and...
Event Trade and Development 2016 Agriculture and Trade in the 21st Century – Information Seminar for Latin American Stakeholders Agriculture is at the crossroads of the world’s social, economic, commercial and political system. Its double purpose – producing food but also providing commodities for the global market – makes it a most sensitive topic in trade...
Event Trade and Development 2016 What Will it Take to Foster Inclusive Trade in Africa? Trade can create prosperity for all of Africa’s people by increasing opportunities for income generation. But for this to happen, UNCTAD research shows that promoting inclusive trade in Africa requires going beyond targeting vulnerable...
Event Trade and Development 2016 Implications for Inclusive Services from the New TiSA Texts The leaking of the draft texts of the proposed TiSA offer the public significant access to understand the objectives and detail of the intended treaty.
Event Trade and Development 2016 How Can ACP Countries Harness Digital Innovation as Critical Enabler for Promoting Inclusive Trade? Today's international trade world is dominated by digital innovation. Effective participation of ACP States in the digital economy is crucial to their trade and development initiatives.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Migration Global Migration Scenarios: First Scenario Workshop This workshop, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Global Future, a Geneva based NGO, constituted the first meeting of invited experts who take part in the one-year scenario building...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2016 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - A Good or Bad Start? Reflection Group Report Launch: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016 Independent monitoring and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its structural obstacles and challenges are key factors for the success of the SDGs.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Breaking the Silos – Bringing a Human Rights Perspective Into the IIA Reform Debate Today, there is no question whether a reform of international investment agreements (IIA) is needed but rather what kind of reform.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2016 Preparatory Meeting - Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) The African Union is negotiating a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). In April 2015, based on research work undertaken and a multi-stakeholder meeting held in Addis Ababa a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of the CFTA was proposed...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Side Event to the Human Rights Council. Prevention and Early Warning of Conflict - The Role of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights This Side Event aimed to explore the links between economic, social and cultural rights and the prevention of destructive conflict and violence as well as sustaining peace.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 NGO Meeting with CESCR and Human Rights Committee (CCPR) On occasion of the Joint Committee Meeting between the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Human Right Committee in the afternoon of 23 June, FES Geneva, the Centre for Civil and Political Rights and the Global...
Event Trade and Development 2016 Russia in the WTO: Challenges, Risks and Potentials for Economic Development After long years of negotiations for accession, Russia became member of the WTO in August 2012.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2016 Expert Seminar on Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals This expert seminar, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the International Bar Association and the Geneva Academy, aimed to inform the work of the UN human rights mechanisms in addressing the links between the Sustainable Development Goals...
Event Employment and Social Policy 2016 Networked Production in Global Value Chains – Implications for Trade Unions This event focused on how new forms of “networked production”, intertwining manufacturing and services, shape value creation and appropriation in today’s economy.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2016 Core Labour Standards – Plus: FES-South East Asia Project Visits International Geneva There seems to be a window of opportunity to revive the old idea of a binding social clause in international trade and in global supply chains. The FES-South East Asia “CLS Plus” project aimed at developing a policy-oriented tool to...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Migration Global Migration Scenarios: Scoping Workshop This scoping workshop was the first step in a one-year scenario building initiative jointly organized by FES Geneva, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Global Future.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Public Side Event on the Universal Periodic Review of Tanzania Tanzania was reviewed during the 25th Working Group session of the Universal Periodic Review, on May 09, 2016.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 2016 Training Course for NHRIs on International Human Rights Mechanisms This week-long human rights training course in Geneva was developed especially for staff of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) world-wide.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 The UPR: A Human Rights Awareness-raising Process The mechanism of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is widely acknowledged as mobilizing the attention of the media and the public of a country. The UPR thus offers a unique opportunity for outreach, information and a public debate on...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2016 Framework Forum: Issues and Proposals for Taking Forward Nuclear Disarmament Prospects for progress on nuclear disarmament in 2016 seem difficult, despite the establishment in 2015 of an Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) with a mandate to recommend measures to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament...
Event Trade and Development 2016 FES-WTO Incoming for English Speaking Journalists from African and Asian Countries This week-long information seminar was jointly organized the WTO and FES Geneva for English-speaking journalists specialized in economy and trade.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Human Rights Council Side Event: Economic Inequality, Financial Crises and Human Rights This side event brought together experts to discuss the impacts of inequality in the current economic climate.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2016 The Social Protection Floors: Achieving Social Security for All - Implementing an International Concept on the National Level The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has decided to put the concept of SPF at the centre of its activities in the area of social justice.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2016 The Social Protection Floor: Information and Strategy Meetings The Core Team of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors had its regular strategy meeting from 7th to 8th March 2016.
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Human Rights Council Side Event: After Paris - Continuing the Conversation on Climate Change and the Right to Health This side event followed the High Level Panel Discussion on climate change and the right to health and the presentation of the reports by the Special Rapporteur on the environment to the Council in the morning and aimed to outline civil...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 50th Anniversary of the Human Rights Covenants: A Civil Society Perspective on Impact and Contemporary Challenges 50 years ago the General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Gender Related Dimensions of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction In the aftermath of COP21, a debate on climate-resilient livelihoods and gender inequalities is particularly timely.
Event Trade and Development 2016 Unlocking the Potential for E-Commerce in Developping Countries: Towards an Action Plan for an Aid for eTrade Initiative The rise of new e-commerce is enabling more developing countries to seize opportunities from online commerce.
Event Human Rights and Development Peace and Security Policy 2016 Informal Consultation on Linking Human Rights, Peace and Security in Preparation for the High Level Thematic Debate on International Peace and Security in May 2016 FES Geneva and the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) believe that peacebuilding and human rights work by the UN and others can be strengthened by increasing understanding of the processes and relevance of each agency and community’s...
Event Human Rights and Development 2016 Access to Remedy: Roles and Responsibilities of Interested States in Relation to Cross-border Business Related Human Rights Abuses This workshop was the first of a series of workshops with government and civil society actors in support of OHCHR’s Accountability and Remedy Project.
Event Trade and Development 2016 Strategy Meeting of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) is a group of leaders from around the world who believe that there is both an urgent need and an unprecedented opportunity to bring about significant...
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2015 Side Event at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference: A Human Rights Perspective on the CFTA Transparency and participation are key human rights principles and generally also good rules of thumb that can transform a trade negotiation from a secret, exclusive process to an open, inclusive one that is acceptable to a wide range of...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 UPR Pre-Session of Paraguay The Geneva based NGO UPR Info organised UPR pre-sessions to bring together Permanent Missions, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss the human rights situation of States one month...
Event Trade and Development 2015 Side Event at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference: Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and their Impacts on Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trading Regime As most developing countries, particularly those from Africa, are excluded from Mega Regional Trade Agreements, their position in the international trading system could face daunting challenges.
Event Trade and Development 2015 LDC-Journalists at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference The structure of the multilateral trading system plays a crucial role for further development especially of the Least Developed Countries (LDC).
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Side Event at COP21. Climate Change: One of the Greatest Human Rights Challenges of Our Time Climate change is an issue of justice and inequality for those experiencing severe impacts of climate change.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Utilizing the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) in the Context of Extractive Industries – Benefits and Challenges This side event to the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, co-organized with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, brought together business, civil society and UN representatives to analyze experiences of different stakeholders...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2015 Mining Communities in Post-Conflict Settings: New Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding For a number of conflict regions, particularly in Africa, the current concepts designed to prevent or halt natural resource exploitation as funding sources for war and insurgencies appear to be outdated.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Public Side Event on the UPR of Nepal On the occasion of the 23rd UPR session held between 02 – 13 November 2015, Nepal was reviewed by the Human Rights Council.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Public Side Event on the UPR of Lebanon Lebanon’s human rights records was reviewed during the 23rd Working Group session of the Universal Periodic Review, on November 2nd 2015.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Arabic Speaking Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms In cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, FES Geneva organized an advanced training course on human rights and the UN human rights system to participants of...
Event Trade and Development 2015 FES-WTO Regional Dialogue: Southern Africa and Multilateral Trade The dialogue for journalists and NGOs aimed at developing a better understanding of the WTO and the general international trading system.
Event Trade and Development 2015 Global Tax Reform Beyond BEPS - Side Event During the Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters Fair taxation can help in fighting inequality, realizing human rights, and ensuring the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals Shared Responsibility and mutual accountability for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals are at the heart of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which was agreed in August this year, and will most likely have...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Blind Spots of the Human Rights Council Agenda – Ways to Move Forward Organized jointly by FES, the German Institute for Human Rights and the NGO Forum for Human Rights, this annual conference focused on the three main themes climate change, non-state armed actors in conflict situations and their...
Event Trade and Development 2015 WTO Public Forum: “Trade works…IF” – What Does It Take to Make Trade Work for Development? Trade can be a vehicle for growth, development and poverty reduction. Harvesting the potential gains trade, however, is not neither automatic nor easy.
Event Trade and Development 2015 WTO Public Forum: Trade in Services: Do GATS and TISA Work in the Public Interest? Trade in services “works” to integrate services sectors into the global economy and to open up markets for transnational suppliers of services.
Event Trade and Development 2015 WTO Public Forum: CFTA: Boosting Trade For People in Africa? In June 2015, the African Union summit launched negotiations to achieve a free trade area throughout the continent.
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2015 Consultation – HRIA of the CFTA in the Area of Agriculture Policy The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was collaborating with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva office on a potential human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of the...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 From Geneva to Paris: One Voice on Rights for a Just Climate Agreement In its last Resolution on climate change the HRC has “expressed concerns that climate change has contributed to the increase of both sudden-onset natural disasters and slow on-set events, and that these events have adverse effects on the...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2015 Rights at Work – Rights for Women. Economic Empowerment Through Decent Working Conditions Women and girls remain overrepresented in the informal economy, labour-intensive and precarious work, and in low-paid jobs.
Event Employment and Social Policy 2015 Global Labour Tax Summit Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organized in close cooperation with Public Services International (PSI) the Global Labour Tax Summit.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Migration Step it Up: Dignity – Rights - Development To mark the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, FES supported the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...
Event Peace and Security Policy 2015 Framework Forum Roundtable: From the NTP to the UN General Assembly - Filling the Legal Gap to Prohibit and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons This forum was co-sponsored by the Middle Powers Initiative, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Basel Peace Office and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 NGO Breakfast Discussion. On the Road to Paris: Where are the TNCs? In the context of the Climate Conference COP 21, taking place this December and on the occassion of the meeting of the IGWG on an International Legally Binding Instrument on TNCs we discussed on ways to ensure that states and business...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Accountability Mechanisms for Implementing the SDGs - Side Event to the 29th Session of the HRC In the context of the UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda in September 2015, this side event to the 29th session of the HRC discussed the importance of human rights principles in informing the debates on accountability...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Expert Workshop: Corporate Action for Climate Justice and Human Rights In the run-up to the COP 21 climate conference in Paris at the end of this year, the Business and Hphoto Side eventuman Rights Resource Centre and FES Geneva organized an expert workshop to discuss human rights risks and challenges for...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Public Side Event at the 29th Session of the HRC: Corporate Action for Climate Justice and Human Rights Practitioners from business, trade unions, governments, human rights organizations shared their experience and ideas for effective approaches to injecting human rights in climate change actions in the lead-up to the Paris...
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2015 Informal Trade Union Meeting on CESCR General Comment on “Rights At Work” The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights published a draft of their upcoming General Comment on ICESCR Article 7 on “just and fair conditions at work,” calling for comments and submissions by all interested stakeholders. ...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2015 "Geneva Debates" - a Tailor-Made Briefing for FES-Partners on Social, Trade and Investment Policy
Event Trade and Development 2015 Contribution of Intellectual Property to Facilitating the Transfer of Environmentally Rational Technology In the line of the use and transfer of green technologies, the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has risen enormously. IPR are seen as a driving force in competitive innovation and technical development, but on the other...
Event Trade and Development Employment and Social Policy 2015 Social and Solidarity Finance: Tensions, Opportunities and Transformative Potential This workshop brought together an interdisciplinary group of around 25 experts—in the fields of alternative finance, economic sociology and the anthropology of money—to look at the transformative potential of social and solidarity...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Public UPR Side Event on Workers’ Rights in Panama and Honduras On 6 and 8 May, Panama and Honduras underwent their second UPR review. FES supported civil society actors in both countries in submitting reports to the review, in both cases focusing on workers’ rights.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Training Course on Human Rights for NHRIs This training course was developed especially for staff of National Human Rights Institutions world-wide.
Event Trade and Development 2015 FES-WTO Incoming for Journalists from French Speaking African Countries
Event Trade and Development Human Rights and Development 2015 Multistakeholder Expert Workshop on a Potential Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of the Continental Free Trade Area in Africa The aim of this workshop was to strategize on a potential human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), on which negotiations will begin in 2015.
Event Trade and Development 2015 E-Commerce for Developing Countries Technology has changed the world of business tremendously during the past at least two decades. E-commerce does not stand for something exotic. E-commerce is an important part of business nowadays.
Event Trade and Development 2015 Membership in the WTO: Challenges, Risks and Potentials for Economic Development of Russia
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Conference on Legal Accountability of Business for Human Rights Impacts The aim of the proposed dialogue was to strengthen NHRIs' capacities to participate effectively in the coming international processes in which the possible development of legal frameworks addressing business' human rights...
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Ensuring the Right to Food Through Human Rights Impact Assessments - Side Event to the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council At this expert round-table, we presented and discussed the results of the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)-study “Owning seeds, accessing food”.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Human Rights and Climate Change - Side Event to the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council A full-day panel in the official program of the HRC addressed the issue of climate change.
Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2015 Social Protection Floors and Human Rights How can social protection floors contribute to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights? And how can better understanding of the norms and principles of human rights improve the design of social protection floors?
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 Brainstorming Session on Business and Human Rights - Access to Justice and Extraterritorial Obligations Geneva for Human Rights-Global Training and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung jointly organized a Brainstorming Session on Business and Human Rights.
Event Human Rights and Development 2015 NGO Coordination Meeting on the UNFCCC ADP Negotiations FES and Earthjustice and CIEL, as initiators of the GeCCco (Geneva Climate Change concertation group) organized a coordination meeting at the occasion of the Geneva session of the UNFCC ADP negotiations that took place from 8-13...
