Past Events

A Blackwater Security Company MD-530F helicopter aids in securing the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 4, 2004, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Event

Private Military Companies and the Future of Conflict

7 December 2022, 14:00-15:30

This panel discussion – co-organized with ICoCA – will consider the growing importance of PMCs and the role ICoCA might play in promoting human rights observance and strengthening accountability of these actors in armed conflicts.

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Human Rights Conversations

Towards a Helpdesk for Business on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

2 December 2022, 10:00-11:30

This Human Rights Conversation – organized with the UN Global Compact Brazil – will discuss the type of advice needed to guide businesses on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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Dessin montrant des busness men de dos avec des portes containers dans le fond Event

Entreprises et Corruption: Comment Redistribuer les Profits Mal Acquis?

29 November 2022, 19:00-21:00

Cet événement vise à discuter, sur la base d'un cas porté devant la justice suisse, des moyens à disposition pour redistribuer les profits mal acquis par des entreprises suite à des faits de corruption auprès des populations affectées.

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Denmark, Lolland landscape with tractor Event

UNDROP in the Future EU Seed Marketing Reform: The Perspective of Denmark

29 November 2022, 15:30-17:00

This online workshop will look into what the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and the EU reform on the marketing of seeds mean in the Danish context.

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View of the Un Human Rights Council room Event

Mayors, Human Rights and the United Nations Universal Periodic Review

15 November 2022, 12:45-14:15

This event will discuss the involvement of local and regional governments in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

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A peasant in front if rice fields Event

The Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants as a Leverage to Promote the Realization of the Right to Water: Experiences and Challenges

3 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

This side event during the 2022 Social Forum will discuss the linkages between the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and the human right to water.

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Graduation hats Event

2022 Graduation Ceremony

28 October 2022

We look forward to welcoming our graduating students, their friends, families and our professors to the 2022 Graduation Ceremony.

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First Lt. Peter Cacossa directs an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter from a rooftop toward the sound of small-arms fire heard during a raid in Mosul, Iraq, April 17, 2008. Military Briefings

The Role of Military Legal Advisors: A Wide-Ranging Conversation with Brigadier General Dan Kuwali

20 October 2022, 18:30-20:00

This Military Briefing will address the function and day-to-day tasks of military legal advisors and offer a glimpse into the functioning of armed forces and the specific role of law and lawyers.

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GHRP Annual Conference

2022 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform

18 October 2022, 14:00-19:00

The 2022 Annual Conference will focus on digital connectivity in the field of human rights. This includes a view of the digital connections by and among mechanisms within the human rights system, but also the substantive impacts of digitalization.

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Portrait of Helen Duffy Event

Opening Lecture – The 'War on Terror' at 21: Reflections from Practice

17 October 2022, 18:30-20:00

In this opening lecture of the 2022–2023 academic year, Professor Helen Duffy will highlight what she sees as key characteristics of the ‘war on terror’ as it is unfolding around the globe today.

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