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| 2015, Human Rights and Development | Event

Public Side Event on the UPR of Lebanon

Lebanon’s human rights records was reviewed during the 23rd Working Group session of the Universal Periodic Review, on November 2nd 2015. Civil society representatives from Lebanon cordially invited…

| 2015, Human Rights and Development | 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…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

FES-WTO Regional Dialogue: Southern Africa and Multilateral Trade

The dialogue for journalists and NGOs aimed at developing a better understanding of the WTO and the general international trading system. Besides first-hand information on the ongoing preparations…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

Global Tax Reform Beyond BEPS - Side Event During the Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

Fair taxation can help in fighting inequality, realizing human rights, and ensuring the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, a succession of reports of tax dodging by…

| 2015, Human Rights and Development | Event

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

Shared Responsibility and mutual accountability for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals are at the heart of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which was agreed in August…

| 2015, Human Rights and Development | Event

Blind Spots of the Human Rights Council Agenda – Ways to Move Forward

Organized jointly by FES, the German Institute for Human Rights and the NGO Forum for Human Rights, this annual conference focused on the three main themes climate change, non-state armed actors in…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

WTO Public Forum: “Trade works…IF” – What Does It Take to Make Trade Work for Development?

Trade can be a vehicle for growth, development and poverty reduction. Harvesting the potential gains trade, however, is not neither automatic nor easy. The mere increase of integration into the…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

WTO Public Forum: Trade in Services: Do GATS and TISA Work in the Public Interest?

Trade in services “works” to integrate services sectors into the global economy and to open up markets for transnational suppliers of services. Given the explosion of services able to be contracted…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

WTO Public Forum: CFTA: Boosting Trade For People in Africa?

In June 2015, the African Union summit launched negotiations to achieve a free trade area throughout the continent. This panel discussed the context, scope, and sequence of the negotiations. It …

| 2015, Human Rights and Development, Trade and Development | Event

Consultation – HRIA of the CFTA in the Area of Agriculture Policy

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was collaborating with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva office on a potential human…