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| 2021, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

| 2021, Human Rights and Development | Event

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,…

New Publication: 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…

| 2021, Trade and Development | Event

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

Re-start or re-shape? Do we need a more resilient or a more robust multilateral trading system? A more resilient system aims at returning to its earlier equilibrium. A more robust system…

| Migration, 2021, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

The International Community Must Protect the People of Afghanistan

Interview with Katharina Rose, GHANRI Katharina Rose, Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Geneva Representative, talks about the discussions taking place at the…

| 2021, Employment and Social Policy, Trade and Development | Event

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

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

| 2021, Trade and Development | Event

Publication Launch "UNCITRAL Fiddles While Countries Burn"

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

| 2021, Employment and Social Policy, Trade and Development | Media Center

Spotlight Report on Sustainable Development 2021

Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric Eradicate poverty, end wars, stop the destruction of the planet: Nothing less was the international community's goal with the 2015 adoption of the 2030 Agenda for…

| 2021, Employment and Social Policy | Media Center

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

This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of recent developments in social protection systems, including social protection floors, and covers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based…

| Migration, 2021 | Media Center

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

Interview with Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) about the right to asylum On the Convention’s 70th anniversary, we speak with Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) about the right to asylum and Europe’s role and…