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| 2015, Human Rights and Development | Event

Utilizing the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) in the Context of Extractive Industries – Benefits and Challenges

This side event to the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, co-organized with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, brought together business, civil society and UN representatives to analyze…

| 2015, Peace and Security Policy | Event

Mining Communities in Post-Conflict Settings: New Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding

For a number of conflict regions, particularly in Africa, the current concepts designed to prevent or halt natural resource exploitation as funding sources for war and insurgencies appear to be…

| Human Rights and Development, 2015 | Event

Public Side Event on the UPR of Nepal

On the occasion of the 23rd UPR session held between 02 – 13 November 2015, Nepal was reviewed by the Human Rights Council. FES Geneva invited to a public side event where the panelists presented…

| 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…