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QUNO co-hosts side event on children of incarcerated parents at the Human Rights Council
QUNO, along with the Permanent Delegation of the African Union to the UN in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Uruguay...
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UPDATED in 2015 – International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
This document, lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights treaties and mechanisms, taking...
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QUNO chairs event on drones, protection and transparency
In November, QUNO chaired an event of the Geneva Forum entitled New Warfare Challenges: Drone Operations and Protection of Civilians....
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QUNO co-hosted a side event on human rights and climate change in Lima
QUNO, together with the World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace, co-hosted a side event on the human rights impacts of...
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French, Chinese and Spanish translations of our Trade Liberalization and Food Security booklet are now available!
French, Chinese and Spanish language translations of Trade Liberalization & Food Security: Examining the Linkages by Jennifer Clapp are now available. The...
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Trade Liberalization and Food Security: Examining the Linkages
The paper is released as part of our project working towards a New Framework for Trade & Investment in Agriculture,...
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Informal Report and Understandings Emerging from the Second Expert Consultation on QUNO’s New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture (NFTIA), 22-23 May 2014
The current multilateral framework governing international agricultural trade was designed a quarter of a century ago, as part of the...
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Geneva Reporter
In this issue: A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture Update from the UN Human Rights Council QUNO and...
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A QUNO Report from UNFCCC Negotiations published by QEW
In an article written for Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW), QUNO’s Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change Programme, Lindsey Fielder...
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QUNO hosted events and released two new publications during the UN Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March in New York
On 23 September, world leaders met in New York for the UN Climate Summit to highlight the urgency of acting on...
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QUNO raises the rights of prisoners and their families at the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council
QUNO has raised the issue of the rights of the families of persons deprived of their liberty and of children...
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Amicus Curiae opinion on conscientious objection to military service submitted to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea
QUNO has submitted an Amicus Curiae opinion on conscientious objection to military service to the Constitutional Court of Korea jointly with Amnesty International,...
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Call to Conscience – Quaker experiences in facing the challenge of climate change
“A Call to Conscience: Quaker experiences facing the challenge of Climate Change” features interviews with Quakers worldwide on why they care...
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Read QUNO Geneva’s latest Geneva Reporter newsletter
QUNO Geneva is pleased to share the most recent issue of our Geneva Reporter newsletter and accompanying briefing paper on The Aarhus Convention. Other featured articles include updates on our A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture work, the Human Rights...
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Open Letter regarding the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
QUNO partners, Amnesty International and the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), have written an open letter regarding the Outcome Document...
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A new Human Rights and Refugees Representative at QUNO Geneva
In February, Rachel Brett who has been Representative, Human Rights and Refugees (HRR) at QUNO Geneva since 1993 announced her...
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