20-24 November 2023
Event
UNIGE
The 2023 edition of Human Rights Week proposes a rich programme of conferences, debates, exhibitions, a film screening, and cultural events around the question of the notion of 'Universality', reminding us that it is a constituent pillar of our democratic space, both in the promotion of humanist values and in their protection.
On 21 November, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Türk will give a conference on human rights in a humanity in crisisconference on human rights in a humanity in crisis. Some of our students will take part in this conference and exchange with the UN High Commissioner.
The Human Rights Week is organized by the University of Geneva, in partnership with the Geneva Academy, the Geneva Graduate Institute, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Republic and State of Geneva, the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Les Créatives, the Martin Ennals Award, Foraus, Amnesty International UNIGE, AESPRI, FIDH, LICRA and the Permanent Mission of France to the UN in Geneva.
Geneva Academy
Sixteen diplomats from fifteen Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries participated in a two-day Practical Training on Human Rights Council Procedures.
The 2025 Latsis Symposium on Science for Global Development and Humanitarian Action, organized by ETH for Development, gave prominent space to human rights issues.
UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré
This training course will explore the origin and evolution of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its functioning in Geneva and will focus on the nature of implementation of the UPR recommendations at the national level.
UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré