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| Human Rights and Development, Peace and Security Policy, 2016 | Event

Informal Consultation on Linking Human Rights, Peace and Security in Preparation for the High Level Thematic Debate on International Peace and Security in May 2016

FES Geneva and the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) believe that peacebuilding and human rights work by the UN and others can be strengthened by increasing understanding of the processes and…

| Human Rights and Development, 2016 | Event

Access to Remedy: Roles and Responsibilities of Interested States in Relation to Cross-border Business Related Human Rights Abuses

This workshop was the first of a series of workshops with government and civil society actors in support of OHCHR’s Accountability and Remedy Project. The workshop series is intended to explore…

| Trade and Development, 2016 | Event

Strategy Meeting of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation

The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) is a group of leaders from around the world who believe that there is both an urgent need and an unprecedented…

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

Side Event at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference: A Human Rights Perspective on the CFTA

Transparency and participation are key human rights principles and generally also good rules of thumb that can transform a trade negotiation from a secret, exclusive process to an open, inclusive one…

| Human Rights and Development, 2015 | Event

UPR Pre-Session of Paraguay

The Geneva based NGO UPR Info organised UPR pre-sessions to bring together Permanent Missions, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss the human…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

Side Event at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference: Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and their Impacts on Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trading Regime

As most developing countries, particularly those from Africa, are excluded from Mega Regional Trade Agreements, their position in the international trading system could face daunting challenges. In…

| 2015, Trade and Development | Event

LDC-Journalists at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference

The structure of the multilateral trading system plays a crucial role for further development especially of the Least Developed Countries (LDC). Thus, FES and WTO provided 12 journalists from these…

| 2015, Human Rights and Development | Event

Side Event at COP21. Climate Change: One of the Greatest Human Rights Challenges of Our Time

Climate change is an issue of justice and inequality for those experiencing severe impacts of climate change. These impacts — as well as responses taken to address them — threaten …

| 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…