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10.11.2020 | 2020, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

15.10.2020 | 2020, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

13.10.2020 | 2020, Peace and Security Policy | Event

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. The consultation was looking at past and current programs…

28.09.2020 | 2020, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

08.09.2020 | 2020, Human Rights and Development | Event

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. The event…

30.07.2020 | 2020, Peace and Security Policy | Event

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…

24.06.2020 | 2020, Peace and Security Policy | Event

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…

18.05.2020 | 2020, Peace and Security Policy | Event

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. This course…

21.02.2020 | Human Rights and Development, 2020 | Event

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…

05.12.2019 | 2019, Employment and Social Policy | Event

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…