Areas of work: UN Human Rights Council
The Crisis in Ukraine: A Brief UN Overview
Dear Friends, Like us, you have undoubtedly been watching in horror the unfolding events in Ukraine. When we accepted responsibilities...
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‘What’s missing (and needed) post-COP26?’ – QUNO’s event at the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
On February 2nd 2022, over 130 people joined the virtual roundtable event co-hosted by QUNO Geneva and the Quaker Council...
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Pandemics and Border Restrictions – Improving Responses Now and Building for Future Preparedness
The Omicron variant has triggered a fresh round of border control measures and travel restrictions despite the World Health Organization’s...
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QUNO Geneva hosted the event ‘Sustaining Peace and Human Rights – Making it work at the country level through engaging UN Special Procedures’ at Geneva Peace Week 2021
On the second day of Geneva Peace Week, QUNO, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Interpeace, the Office of the High Commissioner for...
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QUNO Engages with Human Rights Council Social Forum focussing on COVID-19
Marisa Leon Gomez Sonet addressed the Human Rights Council Social Forum to highlight the impact of COVID-19 and pandemic response...
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QUNO Releases Briefing Paper and makes a Statement at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council on Racial Justice and Migration Governance
The Human Rights and Refugees Program (HRR) at QUNO Geneva is pleased to announce the release of its latest briefing paper...
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QUNO Geneva presents its statement at the 48th Human Rights Council Session, calling for action on environmental injustice, the climate crisis, and highlighting inequalities for people of African descent
Building on the high emphasis of climate change on the High Commissioner's opening address to the 48th Human Rights...
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QUNO Geneva presents its statement at the 48th Human Rights Council Session encouraging further exchange between the Peacebuilding Commission Chair and the Human Rights Council
QUNO Geneva addressed the Human Rights Council (HRC) under Item 3 regarding the follow-up to resolutions on the contribution of...
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Human Rights Council 48th Session Starts Online with High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Highlighting Environmental Crises, Migration and Displacement
QUNO Geneva is (virtually) attending the 48th session of the Human Rights Council with particular attention to the human rights...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's September 2021 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes an updates of our work leading up to...
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Statement on the 10th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights at the Human Rights Council
QUNO’s peace and disarmament programme made a statement at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council during the...
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Statement on hate speech and minorities at the Human Rights Council
In line with our continued efforts to strengthen the human rights of migrants, QUNO delivered an oral statement at the...
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Statement on racial discrimination and migration governance at the Human Rights Council
As part of our recent efforts to raise the issue of racial injustice in migration governance, QUNO had the opportunity...
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The Right to a Healthy Environment at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council
Efforts to establish a universal human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment continue at the Human Rights Council. On 10th...
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Statement on protecting human rights and the natural world presented at 46th Session of the Human Rights Council
At the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change programme submitted a statement welcoming...
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Addressing inequalities central to the path to recovery and reform after Covid-19
QUNO welcomes the UN High Commissioner’s report on Covid-19 and human rights and its emphasis on structural inequality and discrimination....
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