Past Events

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2021 Human Rights Week Scientific Colloquium: Discrimination and Inequalities

25-26 November 2021

The two-day Scientific Colloquium of the 2021 Human Rights Week will explore the different facets of discrimination and inequalities and will discuss their human rights impact in our contemporary world.

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Destroyed buildings in Harasta, Syria Current Issues in Armed Conflict Conference

2021 Current Issues in Armed Conflict Conference

19 November 2021, 14:00-17:30

The 2021 edition will address two contemporary challenges and issues related to armed conflict: the classification of non-international armed conflicts in which a myriad of armed non-state actors are involved; and cyber conflicts.

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GHRP Fridays: Harmonized COVID Working Methods

12 November 2021, 14:30-16:00

This GHRP Friday will allow UN treaty body members to report back on their experiences and to discuss lessons for a post-COVID setting.

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2021 Graduation Ceremony

29 October 2021

We look forward to welcoming our graduating students, their friends, families and our professors to the 2021 Graduation Ceremony.

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 Taliban fighters on a truck in Kabul, August 17 2021 IHL Talks

Afghanistan

28 October 2021, 15:00-16:00

This online IHL talk aims at shining light on some of the many legal, political and protection-related challenges stemming from the situation in Afghanistan.

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UNSC Session on Yemen IHL Talks

A Tale of Two Cities: Humanitarian Affairs and Multilateralism in New York and Geneva

25 October 2021, 19:00-20:30

This IHL Talk, co-organized with the International Peace Institute (IPI), aims at contrasting approaches to, and decision-making on, humanitarian affairs in the relevant multilateral fora in New York and Geneva.

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Portrait of Dr Helen Durham Event

Opening Lecture – Respect for International Humanitarian Law in the 21st Century: Utopian Dream or Pragmatic Reality?

18 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

Dr Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the ICRC, will address the legal, operational and political imperative of the international community continuing to work towards the application and implementation of IHL.

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Civic Space and Climate Justice: Launch of the UNSR Thematic Report on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

15 October 2021

A presentation of the new report on the challenges and threats facing individuals, communities and organizations exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and of association to advance climate action and just transitions. 

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GHRP Annual Conference

2021 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform

12 October 2021, 09:00-18:00

The 2021 Annual Conference will discuss the connectivity between national human rights actors and the Geneva-based international mechanisms.

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Women's Perspectives on a Career in International Law

29 September 2021, 12:30-14:00

In this online event co-organized with the ATLAS Network, prominent women in international law will share their experience and advice through an interactive discussion.

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