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| 2017, Trade and Development, Human Rights and Development | Event

Pre-Launch of the Ex-Ante CFTA-Human Rights Impact Assessment

Since 2015 a project of an ex-ante Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA takes place in close cooperation between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Economic…

| 2017, Human Rights and Development | Event

Beyond the Procedure: The UPR as a Catalyst for Public Debate on Human Rights

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is widely acknowledged as one of the major innovations of the United Nations Human Rights Council. At the outset of its third cycle, it is worth assessing whether…

| 2017, Employment and Social Policy | Event

Workers' Rights, Toxic Threats: Accelerating State Action on Toxic Workplaces

One worker dies every minute due to the use of hazardous substances in the workplace. The international human rights framework including a vast number of standards set by the ILO aim to protect…

| 2017, Employment and Social Policy | Event

Labour Rights in the Context of Structural Adjustment and Austerity Policy

In response to debt and financial crises States have adopted fiscal consolidation measures, such as reducing the public sector wage bill or the number of people employed in the public sector, and…

| Migration, 2017, Human Rights and Development | Event

Global Migration Scenarios: Second Scenario Workshop

This workshop, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Global Future, a Geneva based NGO, constituted the second meeting of invited experts who take…

| Human Rights and Development, Trade and Development, 2016 | Event

Validation Meeting on the Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA

Since 2015 the Economic Commission of Africa, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the FES Geneva office are undertaking a joint project to realize a Human Right Impact Assessment…

| Trade and Development, Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Parallel Session at the Africa Trade Week: Human Rights Impact Assessment of the CFTA

Although the CFTA is expected to boost intra-African trade and create aggregate gains for the continent, the distribution of these gains will be key. This session presented a Human Rights Impact…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

The Right to Land and Other Natural Resources

The expert seminar on the right to land and other natural resources addressed questions around the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Should the UN…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Sharing the Lessons Learned: Business&Human Rights, Conflict Sensitivity, Business&Peace

This roundtable, jointly organized by FES Geneva, the Quaker United Nations Office and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, aimed to bring together experts from the human rights, environmental rights…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Rights and Resources: Embedding Human Rights into Corporate Tax Regimes

As part of the programme of the 5th Forum on Business and Human Rights this session, jointly organized by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the FES Geneva Office…