Past Events

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SDGs and Human Rights: Leading the way to COVID-19 Response and Recovery

30 September 2020, 15:00-16:30

This webinar will highlight practical experiences and efforts to place human rights standards and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of immediate responses to COVID-19 and of long-term recovery strategies.

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Swiss Counter-Terrorism Laws: What are the Legal and Policy Challenges?

29 September 2020, 18:30-20:00

This panel will discuss the legal and policy challenges of the new Swiss laws in light of international law.

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Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for the Crimes Committed in Syria, briefs journalists ahead of the first informal debate on the IIIM. Event

Opening Lecture: Navigating a Career in International Law

28 September 2020, 18:30-20:00

In this opening lecture of the academic year, Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism on international crimes committed in Syria, will share her experience on a career in international law.

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Communicating Human Rights: How to Win the Global ‘Battle of Ideas’

9 September 2020, 15:00-16:30

This online event that will discuss the role that communication techniques and strategies can play in the ‘global battle of ideas’ with the world’s populist and nationalist leaders who reject universal values and supranational institutions.

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Women's Perspectives on a Career in International Law

8 September 2020, 13:00-14:15

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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Reactions to the Consultation Process of the 2020 Treaty Body Review

4 September 2020, 15:00-17:00

This Geneva Academy Friday will discuss the results of the consultation process and allow stakeholders, to react to the areas highlighted by States and in particular by the co-facilitators.

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Women's perspectives on a career in international law

15 July 2020, 13:00-14:15

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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Iraq, Mosul, Shortly after the start of armed operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 19 oil wells have been set ablaze by retreating armed groups south of the city. IHL Talks

Protecting the Environment in Situations of Armed Conflict

7 July 2020, 12:30-14:00

This online IHL Talk will provide an overview of the rules of international law providing protection to the natural environment, as well as of initiatives aimed at clarifying and/or reinforcing such rules.

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Business, the Economy, and Livelihoods in a COVID-19 World

10 June 2020, 15:00-16:30

Join us online to discuss the human rights responsibilities of businesses during global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Right On: Access to Information and the Safety of Journalists in Times of Crisis

4 June 2020, 16:00-17:30

Join us online to discuss challenges for the right to access to information in times when most governments need to come up with strategies to mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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