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  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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)

Trade Union Talks TUTT 3 - English
  • 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.

  • Media Center
  • Migration
  • 2025

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
  • 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

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.

  • 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

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  • 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?

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  • 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.

  • 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

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  • 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...

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  • 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

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  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • 2023

Geoengineering and Human Rights

Side Event: Human Rights Implications and Risks of Geoengineering Interventions

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  • Event
  • Trade and Development
  • 2023

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!

  • 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

eTrade Readiness: From Diagnostics to Implementation

  • 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...

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  • Trade and Development
  • Human Rights and Development
  • 2022

Accompagnying the AfCFTA

New publications released

  • 2021

Latest paper: Delivering on the promis 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

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  • 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!

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  • 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
  • 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...

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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
  • 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...

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  • 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
  • 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...