Areas of work:
Human Rights & Refugees
VIDEO: Laurel Townhead talks about our Human Rights & Refugees programme
In this video, excerpted from a longer film shown at the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary Meeting...
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QUNO attends 32nd session of the Human Rights Council
From 13 June to 1 July, QUNO representatives attended the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council taking place in...
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QUNO co-hosts event on human rights of refugees and migrants
During the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO co-hosted a side event on the human rights of refugees and...
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QUNO co-hosts event on women in conflict with the law
During the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, QUNO co-hosted a side event on the issue of the human...
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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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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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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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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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Read QUNO’s latest Geneva Reporter newsletter
QUNO's December 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is now available online. The latest issue features: a brief overview on our recent work...
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QUNO hosts CFSC for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
For the last two weeks of April, QUNO hosted partners from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) in New York...
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QUNO hosts event on children of incarcerated parents at the 13th UN Congress of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
QUNO's Laurel Townhead and Rachel Brett presented the findings of the COPING project, a transnational research project looking at the impact of...
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