Areas of work:
Geneva
Towards a Human Rights Based Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Paper #3: Implementation, Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms
This paper presents examples of implementation, monitoring and accountability mechanisms under six multilateral agreements that we believe can be learnt...
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QUNO to host side event on the Right to Conscientious Objection to Military Service: Towards Implementation
QUNO will host a side event at the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council on the issue of conscientious...
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Briefing the Committee on the Rights of the Child on children of prisoners
On 31st May 2017, the Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents held a briefing and discussion...
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Strengthening the link between Human Rights and Peacebuilding Through the UPR
Since the beginning of 2017, in close collaboration with the Human Rights and Refugees programme and our colleagues at QUNO...
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QUNO co-hosted a side event at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference
On the opening day of the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (SB46) in Bonn, QUNO co-hosted a side event titled, ‘A...
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Work to date: Children of incarcerated parents
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has provided interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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QUNO deliveres statement on climate change and child rights at the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO climate change programme delivered an oral statement at the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council during the Panel Discussion...
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Linking Peacebuilding and Human Rights: QUNO Delivers Oral Statement at the High-Level Mainstreaming Panel
For the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO was welcomed the focus of the High-Level Mainstreaming Panel on...
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6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty: new publication and website
The Quaker United Nations Office works on children of parents sentenced to death or executed first and foremost because we...
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Expectations for a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: New paper
QUNO is closely following the process for negotiating a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This process part...
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QUNO Submits Written Input to Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in Humanitarian Contexts
In March 2017, QUNO attended an informal discussion on the Right to Food in humanitarian contexts organized by the Special Rapporteur...
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Towards a Human Rights Based Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Paper 2: Expectations following the Agreement of Modalities Resolution
QUNO is closely following the process for negotiating a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This process part...
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A focus on the human rights of migrants at the Human Rights Council’s 34th Session
The 34th Session of the Human Rights Council concluded on 24th March. During the session there were some important discussions...
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QUNO at the Human Rights Council: a focus on children of parents facing the death penalty as victims of torture
On 1st March 2017, the annual High Level Panel on the question of the death penalty was held at the...
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QUNO Submits Written Input to Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in Humanitarian Contexts
On March 31, 2017, QUNO’s Food & Sustainability and Peace and Disarmament Programmes, submitted a joint contribution to Special Rapporteur...
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Are Small-scale Farmers at the Table? Reflections on Small-scale Farmersโ Participation in Global and National Decision-Making
This policy brief offers information on (1) small-scale farmer representation in international discussions related to food and nutrition security, innovation,...
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