Migration

Migration is a fundamental part of human behaviour. Climate change, environmental pollution, natural disasters, violent conflicts, economic insecurity are some of the reasons why people migrate. While inequalities and power structures exacerbate the reasons to leave one’s home, the lines between forced and chosen migration are rarely clear.

Our social democratic vision for the future is a world in which migration is a free choice and mobility is based on the values of human rights and global solidarity. Based on the Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees, and the Sustainable Development Goals and through close collaboration with the UN Network on Migration, OHCHR, the Treaty Body System, Special Rapporteurs, and civil society we work to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights of all migrants.

Media

Friday, 08.11.2024 - Geneva, Switzerland | 2024, Trade and Development | Event

The so‐called geoeconomic turn in global trade policy‐making has changed the context in which the European Union positions itself as a trade actor.…


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05.12.2024 | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Media Center

Addressing the most pressing human rights issues during the 48th UPR Pre-Session.


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Related Events

Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - Geneva, Switzerland and Online | 2024, Migration, Human Rights and Development | Event

FES Geneva and partners organized a side event at the HRC 56th session on climate change and human mobility.


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Wednesday, 27.03.2024 - 11am BRT, Brasilia / 11am Chile / 3pm CET, Geneva, Switzerland | 2024, Migration | Event

Online Launch: UPR and the role of national and regional civil society coalitions.


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Tuesday, 30.01.2024 - Tuesday, 30.01.2024 - Geneva, Switzerland | 2024, Migration | Event

FES’ new paper Towards More Ambitious Goals offers a civil society perspective on the first IMRF and learning from that. At the mid-point between IMRF…


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Publications

Hacia objetivos más ambiciosos

Sheill, Kate; Townhead, Laurel

Hacia objetivos más ambiciosos

Reflexiones sobre el Primer Foro de la Migración Internacional
Bonn, 2024

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Towards more ambitious goals

Sheill, Kate; Townhead, Laurel

Towards more ambitious goals

Reflections on the First International Migrationv Review Forum
Bonn, 2024

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Reconstruir mejor

Reconstruir mejor

Un llamamiento a ser valientes
Berlin, 2021

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Reconstruire en mieux

Reconstruire en mieux

Un appel au courage
Berlin, 2020

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Contact

 

Contact

Salome Lienert

Program Officer
Human Rights and Development

salome.lienert(at)fes.de