Areas of work:
Geneva
QUNO hosts agriculture and food panel at the WTO Public Forum 2013
QUNO hosted a panel discussion at the WTO Public Forum 2013 on “Exploring New Frameworks for Trade and Investment in...
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Rachel Brett, QUNO Representative for Human Rights and Refugees, delivers training on the right to Conscientious Objection in Colombia
Rachel Brett, QUNO's representative for Human Rights and Refugees, delivered training to conscientious objectors at the Foro Internacional Por la...
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UNHCR issues ‘Guidelines on International Protection No. 10: Claims to Refugee Status related to Military Service’
QUNO welcomes new Guidelines on International Protection relating to claims to refugee status based on objection to military service released...
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Conscientious Objection Standards
Rachel Brett, QUNO's representative for Human Rights and Refugees, delivered training to conscientious objectors at the Foro Internacional Por la...
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All voices heard: natural resources, conflict and company-community engagement
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights call for businesses to meaningfully engage with groups who will be affected...
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Geneva Reporter, July-October 2013
Read QUNO Geneva's newsletter for the period July to October 2013. Features stories: Children of parents sentenced to death or...
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QUNO holds public lecture on “Building peace around land, food and water” at Earlham College, Indiana
Diane Hendrick spoke to QUNO Geneva's work on natural resources, conflict and cooperation. She was also at Earlham College consulting...
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QUNO holds side event on ‘Natural Resources, Conflict and Cooperation’ at the Human Rights Council
QUNO held a side event on 'Natural Resources, Conflict and Cooperation' at the Human Rights Council with the Permanent Mission...
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QUNO participates in ClimMig conference, Vienna, Austria.
QUNO participated in a ClimMig conference on human rights, environmental change, migration and displacement in Vienna, Austria.
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A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture – QUNO`s vision
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) is working with others to explore the purpose, structure and direction of the governance...
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Geneva Reporter
Geneva's newsletter from July to October 2013. Features stories: Children of parents sentenced to death or executed New framework for...
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Building Peace around water, land and food: Policy and practice for preventing conflict
Water and land are two of the key natural resources that shape billions of peoples’ livelihoods, food security, wellbeing and...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 24th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers welcome the growing recognition of the right to conscientious...
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NFTIA Draft Mapping of Alternative Proposals
QUNO believes that by placing people’s livelihoods and dignity alongside sustainability and food security as the central objectives of agriculture trade, it...
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Lightening the Load of the Parental Death Sentence on Children
This is a very detailed study exploring the situations of children whose parents have been sentenced with capital punishment. It...
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A Conscientious Objector’s Guide to the International Human Rights System
A user-friendly Guide to using Human Rights System for Conscientious Objectors. Together with the Centre for Civil and Political Rights,...
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