Past Events

Event

Reflections on the open-ended intergovernmental working group outcomes and the potential for developing a Commentary

9 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

This event aims to evaluate the Revised Fourth Draft Instrument on private military and security companies to strengthen accountability, align with international frameworks, and explore avenues for implementation.

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Student at the United Nations in Geneva Event

Online Information Session: Executive Master - MAS in International Law in Armed Conflict

27 March 2025, 12:30-13:30

Join us online to discover more about our Executive Master, one of the few part-time, innovative and intellectually challenging programmes in the law of armed conflict offered today.

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Faces and Data Human Rights Conversations

Academic Freedom under Siege

24 March 2025, 13:15-14:45

This Human Rights Conversation will highlight the significance of academic freedom, explore its legal foundations, and examine the concrete threats it faces.

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Launch of the Commentary to the Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations

20 March 2025, 18:30-20:00

This event presents the a public discussion of the Maastricht Principles’ legal commentary, exploring their impact on intergenerational justice and policymaking.

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Event

Film Screening and Discussion – Rule Breakers

18 March 2025, 18:30-21:00

Join us for a one-night-only screening of Rule Breakers, directed by two-time Oscar-winner Bill Guttentag, telling the true story of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team.

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Event

Local and Regional Governments as Key Actors in Advancing Human Rights and the SDGs

17 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

This event will identify strategies to strengthen Local and Regional Government collaboration with National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up.

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Rights of Peasant Women Side Event Event

The Role of Peasant Women: The Function of the UNDROP in the Realization of the Right to Food

13 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

This side event to the HRC 58th session gives visibility to working women and the struggle to claim effective equality of their rights.

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Toy Soliders Event

Private Military and Security Companies – Trends, Legal Gaps and Challenges for Accountability, and Obstacles for Victims to Pursue Truth and Justice

10 March 2025, 08:30-10:00

Co-organized with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, this meeting aims to discuss alternative accountability pathways for those affected by the activities of Private Military and Security Companies.

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Women in International Law ATLAS

Gender in Investigating and Documenting International Crimes

6 March 2025, 18:00-20:00

This event, co-organized with the ATLAS network, seeks to critically examine how international crimes are investigated, documented, and prosecuted through a gender-competent lens.

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Graffiti of Soldier (AI Generated) Event

Feeling Unsafe: Law as Emotional Regulation in the Development and Deployment of AI-enabled Means and Methods of Warfare

21 February 2025, 09:30-11:00

This panel event explores the role that emotions play in the development, deployment, and regulation of artificial intelligence in warfare.

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