Areas of work: UN Human Rights Council
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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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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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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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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Children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed: developments, good practices and next steps
This new publication shares perspectives and learning from a side event at the 25th session of the UN Human Rights...
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Video: Children of Parents Sentenced to Death
This video explores the situation of children when their parent is sentenced to the death penalty or executed....
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QUNO organizes a side event at Human Rights Council on “Procedural Rights and the Environment: Preventing conflict around water, land and food”
In March, QUNO organized a side event at the Human Rights Council on “Procedural Rights and the Environment: Preventing conflict...
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QUNO co-sponsors ‘Conscientious Objection to Military Service: Challenges and International Responses’ Human Rights Council side event
At the 25th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO co-sponsored a side-event entitled “Conscientious Objection to Military Service: Challenges...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers draw attention to the serious and negative implications for...
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Children of Parents Sentenced to Death or Executed, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
This written statement to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) provides an overview of developments in...
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The right to food and its relation to trade and investment rules, written statement to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),...
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Oral Statement: Violence experienced by Children of Parents Sentenced to Death or Executed
Delivered to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the...
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Oral Statement: The right of conscientious objection to military service
In this statement, delivered to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers)...
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First ever Human Rights Council Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed
The first-ever Human Rights Council Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed took place on...
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QUNO makes statement on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation at the Human Rights Council 21st session
QUNO made a statement to the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation at the...
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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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