Areas of work: Human Rights & Refugees
At the Human Rights Council: Renewed Calls for Independent Human Rights Monitoring at International Borders
At the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, attention turned once again to the urgent need for stronger human...
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Safeguarding Conscientious Objectors Amid Rising Militarization
In a world of accelerating militarization, the act of refusing to fight is bold and powerful. States justify mass conscription...
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Inclusive Dialogue on Migration: Preparing for the IMRF through Connection and Collaboration
The Inclusive Dialogue on Migration was created to build understanding between States, migrants, and migrant-led organizations, and to strengthen cooperation...
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QUNO Geneva seeks a Human Rights & Refugees Representative
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) seeks a committed and motivated person with considerable knowledge and experience to carry forward...
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2024
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights...
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QUNO’s Engagement at the 60th Session of the IPCC
QUNO’s Human Impact of Climate Change programme, speaking on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, participated in the 60th Session...
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The right to conscientious objection to military service: connecting conscientious objectors and the UN
Building on our many decades of work to ensure recognition and implementation of the right to conscientious objection to military...
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QUNO’s Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
QUNO, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered this submission in response to a call for input...
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Deaths of refugees, migrants remain ‘unnoticed’
A global “nonchalance” at deaths of refugees and migrants is shocking, says Volker Türk, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner...
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Geneva Reporter newest edition online for download
Every few months, the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva publishes the Geneva Reporter newsletter. In this latest September...
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Reflections on a year with QUNO
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) annually employs programme assistants to work with its Representatives at the United Nations (UN)...
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Quakers involvement in the UN Human Rights Prize 2023
Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 and awarded every five years since, the UN Prize in the...
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Joint call for the UN Human Rights Council to respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders
As part of our work to end lethal disregard for people on the move, the Human Rights and Refugees Programme...
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Joint call for the UN Human Rights Council to respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders
As part of our work to end lethal disregard for people on the move, the Human Rights and Refugees Programme...
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Quaker work at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Away from the buzz of the UN, young Indigenous people gathered at Quaker House under the shade of the gingko...
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New Opportunities for Breaking the Barriers of Systemic Racism in Migration Governance
On 29 March, QUNO Geneva engaged with the work of the Human Rights Council on systemic racism. Human Rights and...
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