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02.03.2018 | 2018, Human Rights and Development, Trade and Development | Event

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…

01.03.2018 | 2018, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

11.01.2018 | Trade and Development, 2018 | Event

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. These provisions are typically state-oriented, putting obligations on …

13.12.2017 | Trade and Development, 2017 | Event

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. This side event seeked to improve the understanding of the interface between…

12.12.2017 | Trade and Development, 2017 | Event

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…

11.12.2017 | 2017, Trade and Development, Employment and Social Policy | Event

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…

28.11.2017 | 2017, Employment and Social Policy, Human Rights and Development | Event

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…

13.11.2017 | Human Rights and Development, 2017 | Event

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…

09.11.2017 | 2017, Human Rights and Development, Peace and Security Policy | Event

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…

30.10.2017 | Trade and Development, Employment and Social Policy, 2017 | Event

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…