Past Events

UNSC Session on Yemen IHL Talks

A Tale of Two Cities: Humanitarian Affairs and Multilateralism in New York and Geneva

25 October 2021, 19:00-20:30

This IHL Talk, co-organized with the International Peace Institute (IPI), aims at contrasting approaches to, and decision-making on, humanitarian affairs in the relevant multilateral fora in New York and Geneva.

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Portrait of Dr Helen Durham Event

Opening Lecture – Respect for International Humanitarian Law in the 21st Century: Utopian Dream or Pragmatic Reality?

18 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

Dr Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the ICRC, will address the legal, operational and political imperative of the international community continuing to work towards the application and implementation of IHL.

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Civic Space and Climate Justice: Launch of the UNSR Thematic Report on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

15 October 2021

A presentation of the new report on the challenges and threats facing individuals, communities and organizations exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and of association to advance climate action and just transitions. 

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GHRP Annual Conference

2021 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform

12 October 2021, 09:00-18:00

The 2021 Annual Conference will discuss the connectivity between national human rights actors and the Geneva-based international mechanisms.

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Women's Perspectives on a Career in International Law

29 September 2021, 12:30-14:00

In this online event co-organized with the ATLAS Network, prominent women in international law will share their experience and advice through an interactive discussion.

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Cover Page of the Book Human Rights Conversations

Book Launch: The Domestic Institutionalisation of Human Rights

28 September 2021, 18:30-20:00

This book launch is part of our Human Rights Conversation series. It will discuss the book’s novel approach and content and the question of the domestic institutionalization of human rights.

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A session of the UN Human Rights Council Event

Study on Emergining Good Practices from the UPR

28 September 2021, 13:30-14:45

This online event – co-organized with UPR Info, OHCHR, and GANHRI – will discuss a new study commissioned by OHCHR on emerging good practices in UPR.

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Cover page of the book War by Andrew Clapham Event

Book Launch: War by Andrew Clapham

24 September 2021, 18:15-19:30

Professor Andrew Clapham will discuss the main arguments in his new book War with Professor Gloria Gaggioli and the audience.

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SRSG Martin Kobler addresses a ceremony in Goma, North Kivu province, to mark the destruction of weapons and ammunitions on 20 November 2013. Event

Expert Consultation on the Role of Business in Transitional Justice Contexts

23 September 2021, 13:00-15:00

This online consultation aims at providing inputs to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights for a guidance note on the role of business in transitional justice contexts.

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Cover Page of the Book Event

Book Launch – The Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories

22 September 2021, 17:00-18:45

This online book launch with the two authors will discuss Israel's Supreme Court's decisions on exercising review over actions of Israeli authorities in the territories occupied by Israel.

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