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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…

24.11.2019 | 2019, Employment and Social Policy | Event

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…

29.10.2019 | 2019, Trade and Development | Event

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. Besides first-hand information on the…

08.10.2019 | 2019, Trade and Development | Event

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. Therefore, this session jointly organized…

30.09.2019 | 2019, Employment and Social Policy | Event

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…

11.09.2019 | 2019, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

10.09.2019 | 2019, Employment and Social Policy, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

22.06.2019 | 2019, Human Rights and Development | Event

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. The adoption of this new…