18 July 2022, 18:00-20:00
Register start 11 July 2022
Register end 14 July 2022
Event
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On the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day and as part of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, the Third Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture – presented by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, the American University Washington College of Law, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in collaboration with the Geneva Academy – will address the topic of climate justice with three prominent speakers.
Refreshments will be served after the event
On the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day and as part of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, the Third Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture – presented by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, the American University Washington College of Law, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in collaboration with the Geneva Academy – addressed the topic of climate justice with three prominent speakers.
Geneva Academy
Sixteen diplomats from fifteen Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries participated in a two-day Practical Training on Human Rights Council Procedures.
ITU
Our event brought together human rights practitioners, data scientists, and AI experts to explore how artificial intelligence can support efforts to monitor human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Participants in this training course will be introduced to the major international and regional instruments for the promotion of human rights, as well as international environmental law and its implementation and enforcement mechanisms.
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This training course will explore the origin and evolution of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its functioning in Geneva and will focus on the nature of implementation of the UPR recommendations at the national level.
Olivier Chamard / Geneva Academy
The Treaty Body Members’ Platform connects experts in UN treaty bodies with each other as well as with Geneva-based practitioners, academics and diplomats to share expertise, exchange views on topical questions and develop synergies.
The Geneva Human Rights Platform contributes to this review process by providing expert input via different avenues, by facilitating dialogue on the review among various stakeholders, as well as by accompanying the development of a follow-up resolution to 68/268 in New York and in Geneva.
Geneva Academy