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| 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…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Inequality as a Danger to Sustainable Peace – Converging Perspectives on Human Rights and Peacebuilding

Inequality does not only encompass economic inequality but includes the unequal distribution of resources, gender inequality as well as access to social services and the justice system. Over the last…

| Employment and Social Policy, 2016 | Event

The Social Protection Floors: Achieving Social Security for All - Implementing an International Concept on the National Level

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has decided to put the concept of SPF at the centre of its activities in the area of social justice. Therefore, FES colleagues and representatives of partner…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Arabic Speaking Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms

In cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, FES Geneva organized an advanced training course on human rights and the UN…

| Trade and Development, Employment and Social Policy, 2016 | Event

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A Good or Bad Start? Civil Society Reflection Group Report Launch: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016

Independent monitoring and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its structural obstacles and challenges are key factors for the success of the SDGs. It is for this reason, a global…

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

Roundtable on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and Human Rights

The African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is another envisioned mega-regional economic agreement standing alongside TPP, TTIP, RCEP, and others. The potential in Africa with its high economic…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

10 Years Human Rights Council – What Difference Has It Made? And What Difference Should It Make In The Future?

Organized jointly by FES, the German Institute for Human Rights and the NGO Forum for Human Rights, this annual conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Council provided an…