Human rights, although universal at the normative level, are not universal in practice. There is a gap between the multilateral centres of debate and decision, primarily in Geneva and New York, and the rest of the world, between international consensus and State-level implementation.
There is thus a pressing need of raising human rights awareness and understanding, and overcoming divisive trends by fostering human rights dialogue across cultures, religions and civilizations.
In this regard, the Geneva Centre closely follows and participates as necessary in the United Nations human rights mechanisms in Geneva and abroad, such as the UN Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review, Treaty Bodies and the General Assembly’s Third Committee, and produces summary reports of the meetings. Through this reporting initiative, we aim at closing the gap between the decision centres and the rest of the world. Our briefing papers, analytical reports and summaries are available on our website and are an important tool in our objective of raising human rights awareness.
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW – 37TH SESSION
The 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has started on 18 January 2021, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, and will continue until 29 January 2021.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL – 45TH SESSION
During the 45th session of the Human Rights Council (14 September – 7 October 2020), the Geneva Centre continued its regular practice of publishing in real time analytical report.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL – 44TH SESSION
The UN Human Rights Council held its 44th regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 30th June to 17th July 2020.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE
THIRD COMMITTEE – 75TH SESSION
The Geneva Centre followed the work of the Third Committee during the 75th United Nations General Assembly session and produced a detailed 50-page summary report.