The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue implements systematic environmental scanning for live events, webinars and discussions hosted by the United Nations Agencies, NGOs, universities and think-tanks on the wide range of topics linked to human rights.
Check the table below for events, conferences and meetings of interest in the field of human rights to be held in 2023. The Geneva Centre envisages to follow more particularly those closely related to its mandate and focus areas.
| HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL |
ORGANIZER | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| 52nd regular session | United Nations Human Rights Council | February – March 2023 (exact dates to be confirmed) |
| 53rd regular session | United Nations Human Rights Council | June – July 2023 (exact dates to be confirmed) |
| 54th regular session | United Nations Human Rights Council | September – October 2023 (exact dates to be confirmed) |
| Special Sessions | United Nations Human Rights Council | Throughout the year |
| OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EVENTS |
ORGANIZER | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Social Forum | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | October 2021 (to be confirmed) |
| Forum on Business and Human Rights | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | November 2021 (to be confirmed) |
| Forum on Minorities | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | November 2021 (to be confirmed) |
| UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) |
ORGANIZER | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| 37th session | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | 18 January to 29 January 2021 |
| 38th session | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | 03 May to 14 May 2021 |
| 39th session | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | 01 November to 12 November 2021 |
| UN EVENTS ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK |
ORGANIZER | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| UN GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS’S SUMMIT | UN Global Compact | 15 to 16 June 2021 |
| HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | UN ECOSOC | 6 July to 12 July 2021 |
| ECOSOC HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT | UN ECOSOC | 13 July to 16 July 2021 |
| 76TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | UN General Assembly | 14 September to 30 September 2021 |
| THIRD COMMITTEE MEETINGS | UN General Assembly | October to November 2021 (dates TBC) |
| Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations | UN ECOSOC | Dates TBC |
| OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST |
ORGANIZER | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| ARAB HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE | Arab League | Dates to be confirmed in 2021 |
| MARTIN ENNALS AWARDS | Martin Ennals Foundation | 11 February 2021 |
| GENEVA PEACE WEEK | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform | November 2021 (dates to be confirmed) |
| GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK | University of Geneva | Late November 2021 (dates to be confirmed) |
| International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights | FIFDH | 05 March to 14 March 2021 |