Past Events

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Albie Sachs, Former Judge of the South African Constitutional Court, will reflect on the current human rights challenges and how to move the human rights agenda forward.

At the occasion of the International Law Seminar of the UN International Law Commission, the Platform for International Water Law of the Geneva Water Hub will discuss the protection of the environment and water infrastructure in armed conflicts.

This IHL Talk will address the humanitarian, policy and legal challenges related to the fate of foreign fighters and their relatives (allegedly) affiliated with ISIS and who are currently detained by the SDF in northeast Syria

This side event will explore the potentional of human technological agency being an effective means for social impact and for human rights and what more can be done to enhance international digital cooperation for the benefit of people's human rights.&

This side event during the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, co-organized with Earthjustice, will address the issue of plastic pollution.

This panel discussion, co-organized with the Geneva Internet Platform and the United Nations Special Procedures, aims at generating debate and drawing attention to current human rights challenges in the digital sphere.

In this panel discussion, representatives from states, businesses and civil society will share their views and responses on the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights’ Gender Framework and Guidance.

This panel discussion will address what role the Human Rights Council can and should play in bolstering support for normative progress and action in defending our online civic space.

This event marks the launch in Geneva of the new book by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, UN Independent Expert on Debt and Human Rights, which discusses the responsibility of Pinochet’s economic accomplices.

To close the third edition of the Current Issues in Armed Conflict Conference, Helen Durham, Director of Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will deliver a keynote address.