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26.03.2024 | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

Universal Periodic Review: A Practical Guide for Civil Society to Build National Coalitions

A new publication on coalition-building for the UPR supported by FES Geneva The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council in which all UN Member States undergo…

27.02.2024 | 2024, Trade and Development | Media Center

Special edition II: The Mont Blanc Trade News

Views on the process and progress life from MC13 The 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO has taken off in Abu Dhabi. And we are happy to provide you with unusual reporting about this major event.…

26.02.2024 | 2024, Trade and Development | Event

LDC-Journalists at WTO MC13

The rules-based multilateral trading system plays a crucial role in helping least-developed countries further integrate into the global economy. This is why FES and WTO are providing selected…

23.02.2024 | 2024, Trade and Development | Media Center

Special edition: The Mont Blanc Trade News

Context and expectations before MC13 The curtain lifts on the 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Abu Dhabi. And we are happy to provide you with unusual reporting about this major event. You…

16.02.2024 | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

Human Rights in Uruguay

Addressing the most pressing human rights issues during the 46th UPR Pre-Session. On February 16th, in preparation of the 4th review of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay during the 46th UPR Working…

23.01.2024 | 2024, Migration | Event

Publication Launch: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum

FES’ new paper Towards More Ambitious Goals offers a civil society perspective on the first IMRF and learning from that. At the mid-point between IMRF sessions, we had a conversation to reflect on…

23.01.2024 | 2024, Migration | Media Center

Towards More Ambitious Goals: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum

The new FES publication offers a civil society perspective on how we can raise ambition for the IMRF to deliver for migrants. The first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) was held in May…

12.12.2023 | 2023, Migration | Media Center

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. The current situation that refugees and forcibly displaced…

07.12.2023 | 2023, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

From the Human Rights Council: 9th round of negotiations on the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Policy Brief of FES Geneva From 23 to 27 October 2023, the ninth session of the intergovernmental working group which was launched by the UN Human Rights Council in 2014 for the development of an…

05.12.2023 | 2023, Trade and Development | Event

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. Women digital entrepreneurs…