Past Events

This online event marks the online launch of the book Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food, the outcome of the Demeter project on gender equality and the right to food in agrarian Cambodia and Ghana.

This event marks the launch of our LLM alumna Ilia Siatitsa’s book ‘Serious violations of human rights, On the emergence of a new special regime’ published by Oxford University Press.

This event – co-organized with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – will discuss examples of putting the Faith for Rights Toolkit into practice.

This side event at the margins of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council will discuss areas of progress as well as critical gaps in the international affirmation and protection of human rights in the digital age.

This event of our Geneva Human Rights Platform will discuss the protection of children in international migration on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of two General Comments by UN treaty bodies.

During this event, testimonies from two peasant communities, located in the South of Bolivar and in the North of Cauca, will be presented, telling us about their struggle for peasant rights, including their right to adequate food and nutrition.

This side event to the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council will discuss the role of states, NGOs, international organizations and human rights experts in promoting and protecting the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

This roundtable will discuss the protection of torture survivors and their difficulties in effectively accessing national and international protection mechanisms.

Participants will share about concrete initiatives in view of further strengthening national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up.

The Third Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture will address the topic of climate justice.