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Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - 12:00-13:00, Room XXV, Palais des Nations (Hybrid) | 2024, Migration, Human Rights and Development | Event

Where are Human Rights in the Discussion on Climate Change and Human Mobility?

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

Wednesday, 26.06.2024 - 14:00pm - 15:00pm, Switzerland, Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XXII (hybrid) | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Event

Establishing Effective Helpdesks on Business and Human Rights

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were unanimously endorsed by the Human Rights Council in 2011. They have since been... More

23.05.2024 | 2024, Employment and Social Policy | Media Center

Policy Brief - Social Protection for Climate Justice: Why and how?

Over the past two decades, climate change has altered and significantly exacerbated both individual and collective risks and impacts. Climate change... More

26.03.2024 | 2024, Trade and Development | Media Center

Special Edition III: The Mont Blanc Trade News

Takeaways and reflections on MC13 More

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Trade and Development

Trade is a powerful engine. But who is driving the engine? And what else needs to be done to let all parts of society benefit from trade policy? We try to empower those who are not yet the main beneficiaries of the current trade policy regime. More

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Employment and Social Policy

Decent work for all is not a slogan for us. It is our mission. We work together with a vast variety of stakeholders to achieve decent work for all; for the informal and formal sector, for women and men, for more and less advantaged. More

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Human Rights and Development

The list of challenges to human rights in the 21st century is long. Climate change threatens fundamental human rights, such as the right to food, water or adequate housing. Austerity measures sacrifice the public’s right to social security, health and work in an attempt to balance state budgets. More

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Migration

Migration is a fundamental part of human behaviour. Climate change, environmental pollution, 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. More

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23.05.2024 | 2024, Employment and Social Policy | Media Center

Policy Brief - Social Protection for Climate Justice: Why and how?

Over the past two decades, climate change has altered and significantly exacerbated both individual and collective risks and impacts. Climate change...

26.03.2024 | 2024, Trade and Development | Media Center

Special Edition III: The Mont Blanc Trade News

Takeaways and reflections on MC13

Events

Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - 12:00-13:00, Room XXV, Palais des Nations (Hybrid) | 2024, Migration, Human Rights and Development | Event

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

Wednesday, 26.06.2024 - 14:00pm - 15:00pm, Switzerland, Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XXII (hybrid) | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Event

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were unanimously endorsed by the Human Rights Council in 2011. They have since been…

Tuesday, 14.05.2024 - Tuesday, 14.05.2024 - Tuesday 14 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland | 2024, Human Rights and Development | Event

The 2024 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change were building on previous editions to discuss how Geneva-based human rights institutions…

Sheill, Kate; Townhead, Laurel

Hacia objetivos más ambiciosos

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

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Sheill, Kate; Townhead, Laurel

Towards more ambitious goals

Reflections on the First International Migrationv Review Forum
Bonn, 2024

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Gérout, Guillaume; Cren-Larvor, Anaïs

Tariffs and human rights

A pilot analysis of the AfCFTA tariff schedules
Bonn, 2024

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