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Discover the main activities and highlights of the Geneva Human Rights Platform.

Felix Kirchmeier at the informal meeting of the European Union (EU) Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) News

Our Publication on the Reform of UN Treaty Bodies Presented at the EU Working Party on Human Rights

25 September 2018

The two coordinators of the Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020, Felix Kirchmeier and Kamelia Kemileva, presented our publication ‘Optimizing the UN Treaty Bodies System’ at an informal meeting of the European Union Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM).

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Experts Address the legal Consequences of the United States' withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council

10 July 2018

In a debate organized by the Geneva Academy, panelists discussed the legal consequences of the United States' withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.

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Experts Discuss the Role of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms in Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals

25 June 2018

During an expert seminar UN Special Procedures, members of UN treaty bodies, staff from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as representatives from civil society and the Swiss Government discussed the role that UN human rights mechanisms play in monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals that seek to realize economic, social and cultural rights.

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