Past Events

Capitaine de vaisseau Erwan Roche, Etat-major des armées (Defense Staff), France, will discuss the evolutions and challenges related to war, military operations and armament.

This IHL Talk, co-organized with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, will discuss the work of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism  and its role regarding victims.

This event proposes to look at torture as an intelligence gathering tool through the lens of efficacy.

This parallel event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women NGO Forum will explore the gendered impacts of the increasing commercialization of agriculture and land.

The documentary film ‘It Stays With You’ raises serious questions about the responsibilities of the UN as a result of use of force by UN peacekeepers when carrying out mandated operations.

This side-event at the UN Human Rights Council will discuss the applicability of existing human rights instruments to activities in cyber-space.

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will present her new book ‘The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict’, which focuses on the multidimensionality of gender in conflict.

Michael Sfard, the most prominent Israeli human rights lawyer and author of the book ‘The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine and the Legal Battle for Human Rights’, will address the current situation of human rights defenders in Israel.

This international conference, co-organized with the Centre for Civil and Political Rights, will provide a venue to discuss how the issue of corruption could be addressed by United Nations Treaty bodies.

The Geneva Consultation aims to provide an opportunity for discussion on the ‘Human Rights Guiding Principles on State Obligations with regards to Private Involvement in Education’.