The Geneva Centre organizes a number of conferences, symposia, side-events, round tables, cultural events and workshops on a variety of topics related to human rights.
We also follow events and conferences hosted by the UN, NGOs, universities and think-tanks. Our events fall in the following categories: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; Children’s Rights and Education; Migration and Internal Displacement; Interreligious and Interfaith Dialogue; Diversity, Tolerance and Inclusion; Cultural Events; and Commemorative Events and World Conferences.
See all our latest events below:
OUR EVENTS
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE ARAB REGION: BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY
The panel discussion, organized as a side-event to the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council, sought to objectively measure progress in the Arab region on the status of women in relation to the recent past, with a view to providing impetus for the further advancement of their status.
ENHANCING EQUAL CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
The Geneva Centre will organized, in cooperation with the UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva, the International Bureau of Education (IBE) – UNESCO and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a panel discussion aimed at reviewing the role of education in enhancing equality of citizenship rights and diversity within communities affected by inter-communal civil strife.
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY, THE GREAT CONVERGENCE
The panel discussion was a side-event in relation to the 34th ordinary session of the UN Human Rights Council. The objective of this event was to study the alternatives to identify a common strategy that addressed the issues of religious discrimination, fanaticism and xenophobia, which have worsened in several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, MENA and North America.
MUSLIMS IN EUROPE THE ROAD TO SOCIAL HARMONY
In view of the increasing tension affecting the Islamic community in Western Europe, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, has commissioned Dr. Zidane Meriboute, a renowned Swiss-Algerian intellectual, to write a study entitled “Muslims in Europe: The road to social harmony”.
DE-RADICALIZATION OR THE ROLL-BACK OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
The panel debate was held on the occasion of the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council.. Over the past years, radicalization and violent extremism have become a universal challenge for the North as well as for the South. The discussion took place against the backdrop of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and, in particular, of goal no.16.
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Resolution 16/18: REACHING OUT
The Geneva Centre convened a panel discussion aimed at analysing opportunities and challenges ahead for the fight against the scourge of Islamophobia.
THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT RACISM AND PREJUDICE
The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue and the UNESCO Liaison office in Geneva, organized a panel discussion on the occasion of the international day of the remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
ADVANCING THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD
Women’s rights and gender equality have been at the heart of the international agenda over the past few years. This intensification of the movement for women’s rights has been driven, in part, by the anniversaries of some of the core international instruments on gender.
THE CURRENT MIGRANT CRISIS: AN AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SPRING?
In order to mark the 2015 Human Rights Day and International Migrants Day, the Geneva Centre hosted a panel discussion on the migrant crisis currently affecting the Mediterranean region and the European continent more generally.