On 3 September 2026, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue convened a Diplomatic Breakfast on Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights, bringing together diplomatic representatives from MENA countries, UN experts and practitioners to examine the impact of artificial intelligence and digital technologies on children’s rights, safety and participation.
The present publication presents the key insights and recommendations emerging from the international symposium “Driving Climate Commitments toward a Just Transition: Human Rights, Law and Accountability in Action”, convened online on 15 October 2026 by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, in partnership with the tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness & Action Project at Santa Clara University.
The policy brief on “Artificial Intelligence and Women’s Rights in the MENA Region: Addressing Technologies-Facilitated Violence in the Digital Age" examines the growing impact of AI on women’s and girls’ rights, with a particular focus on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, online harassment, and the misuse of AI-generated content.
15 October 2026. The Geneva Centre in partnership with the tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness & Action Project at Santa Clara University, convened the online symposium “Driving Climate Commitments toward a Just Transition: Human Rights, Law and Accountability in Action.”
18 September 2026. The Geneva Centre held the first edition of its Youth Policy Lab, bringing students, academics and a diplomatic practitioner together for an exchange on international justice and conflict prevention.
03 September 2026. The Geneva Centre convened a Diplomatic Breakfast on Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights, titled "Growing Up Online: Protecting Children’s Rights in the Digital Age".
18 March 2026. The Geneva Centre expresses deep concern over the ongoing and rapidly escalating hostilities in the Gulf region, involving direct military operations by the United States of America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the subsequent retaliatory strikes by Iranian forces across multiple Gulf States and against U.S. and allied military assets.
On 21 November 2025, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, jointly with Prof Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, convened an international conference entitled “Climate inequality, human rights and sustainable development” at the Palais des Nations.
On 16 December 2025, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN in Geneva, convened a panel event entitled “Addressing Women’s and Girls’ Right to Health in Humanitarian and Refugee Contexts: Overcoming Barriers to Ensure Data-Driven Responses” at the Palais des Nations. The event was held in the framework of the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025.
Geneva Centre Holds Fifth Edition of Award Focused on Human Rights in the Digital Age
