Past Events

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.

This side event to the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, will analyse from a human rights perspective the key risks, challenges, and opportunities arising from the Chilean Constitutional processes.&

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.

This event will discuss good practices, lessons learned and challenges in the implementation of UNDROP.

This event aims at raising international awareness on the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and propose recommendations for effective action by the international community.

This event marks the official launch of the updated Istanbul Protocol, with Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, together with representatives of the core UN anti-torture mechanisms and other international human rights bodies.

This event – co-organized with the Geneva Cities Hub, the University of St-Gallen and Chile Ministry of Foreign Affairs – aims to identify good practices of smart city projects to realize human rights.

In this talk, we will analyse different examples of cyber operations allegedly conducted or sponsored by states, and discuss their effects on the geopolitical contexts as well as the different challenges they raise for international law.