Areas of work:
Geneva
QUNO attends European conference on children of prisoners
From 20-22 May, QUNO attended the annual meeting of Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE), the European network of organizations working for the rights of...
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International Peace and Security – how human rights can help
In February 2016, QUNO Geneva and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) hosted an expert meeting on integrating human rights, peacebuilding and...
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QUNO participation at the 31st session of the Human Rights Council
The 31st session of the Human Rights Council (29 February to 24 March) provided new opportunities for QUNO to raise issues...
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Quaker statement on drug policy and human rights issued
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has issued a new Quaker statement on drug policy and human rights in advance...
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QUNO Geneva backs junior staff pay campaign
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) Geneva is pleased to lend its support to the aims of the ‘We Pay Our...
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QUNO delivers oral statement on minorities in criminal justice systems at the HRC
QUNO delivered an oral statement on the impact of discrimination against minorities in the criminal justice system during the 31st...
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Project Brief: QUNO interactive policy tool
Within our Trade and Investment in Agriculture work, QUNO has been developing an online tool to help explain the complex relationship between...
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QUNO co-hosted briefing on new UN rules on treatment of prisoners
QUNO Geneva co-hosted a briefing on the new revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (known as...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents and Minorities in Criminal Justice Systems
This briefing paper was prepared for the 8th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issue in November 2015, and revised in...
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Small-scale farmer innovation systems: A review of the literature
This literature review marks QUNO’s step back from focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) to ask more broadly: What are...
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QUNO publishes timely briefing papers ahead of COP21 in Paris
Between November 30 and December 11, 2015, international negotiators will meet at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris....
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Preparing for Paris: a series of briefing papers relating to COP21, December 2015
Between November 30 and December 11, 2015, international negotiators will meet at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris....
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QUNO delivers oral statement on children of parents sentenced to death or executed at the HRC
QUNO delivered an oral statement on the rights of children of parents sentenced to death or executed during the 30th...
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QUNO delivers oral statement on children of parents sentenced to death or executed at the HRC
QUNO delivered an oral statement on the rights of children of parents sentenced to death or executed during the 30th...
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QUNO holds first expert consultation on small-scale farmer innovation
From the 26th – 27th May, QUNO held its first expert consultation on small-scale farmer innovation in biodiverse food systems....
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QUNO hosts third expert consultation on trade and investment in agriculture
From 1-2 April 2015, QUNO held its third Expert Consultation on a New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture...
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