INVOLVEMENT

HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL DRIVERS OF NATIONAL POLICY IN EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD. THE GENEVA CENTRE RECOGNIZES THAT INCREASED AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT STEP WE CAN TAKE IN THIS DIRECTION.

The Centre follows and participates in the United Nations meetings of the human rights mechanisms, where it delivers oral statements, produces reports and engages in advocacy activities. To raise awareness about human rights, the Geneva Centre also produces written statements on the occasion of international commemorative days, issues position papers, shares summary reports of international webinars and conferences, and regularly produces videos linked to pressing human rights issues.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

2019, December 10th|INVOLVEMENT, STATEMENTS|

The theme of this year’s Human Rights Day is Youth Standing Up for Human Rights, a tribute to the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of a Child – and a further occasion to defend all these boys and girls that keep falling victims of conflicts and wars, forced labour and trafficking, homicide and abuse.

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE

2019, November 16th|INVOLVEMENT, STATEMENTS|

The 21st century has seen an unprecedented expansion of globalisation, yet, sadly, it has also witnessed a simultaneous growth in religious and ethnic intolerance. The fear of “the Other” – of those who are viewed as foreign or simply different – stimulates the rise of populism, hatred and marginalization.

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