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Main events of the year
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Human Rights Council / HRC 58th session


Palais des Nations
Human Rights Council / HRC 59th session


Palais des Nations
ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2025


Palais des Nations
Next events
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Side Events | Human Rights Council / HRC 58th session


Palais des Nations
Human Rights Council / HRC 58th session


Palais des Nations
Human Rights Committee (CCPR) / 143rd session


Palais des Nations
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) / 28th session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks | HNPW 2025


CICG Geneva & online
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 20th Pre-Sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
HRC Working Group on Arbitrary Detention / 102nd session


Palais des Nations
Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights / 60th session


Palais Wilson
Public Events
Documentary Film Screening: Another Summer

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Maison de la paix
Public Events
Resilience Coffee | Resilient Transformation: Reimagining Human-Centered Organizations in Times of Crisis

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Online
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) / 40th session


Palais des Nations
15th session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards


Palais Wilson
HRC Working Group on the use of mercenaries / 54th session


Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Committee Against Torture (CAT) / 82nd session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Lunch Briefing | International Law in a Shameless World

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Maison de la paix
Public Events
What will social development look like in 2030? Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World

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Maison de la paix
Information meeting on the 49th session of the UPR Working Group

Room VIII (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
L’humanitaire, un geste asymétrique ?

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Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, Avenue de la paix 17
Public Events
20th anniversary of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries: Past Achievements & Future Challenges in combating mercenarism and mercenary-related activities.

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Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Assemblée générale de la FGC

Genève
Expert workshop on the role of the family and family-oriented approaches, policies and programmes in the promotion and protection of human rights and in sustainable development


Palais des Nations
Meeting of Chairpersons of the HR Treaty Bodies / 37th session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

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Room XX, Palais des Nations
Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on regulatory framework of activities of private military and security companies / 6th session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Speaker Series (Online) | When Flags Change: Negotiating with Authorities under Sanctions

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Online
Informal consultative meeting on multi-year budgeting

Palais des Nations, Room XXIII
OEIGWG on TNCs and OBEs | First intersessional thematic consultation


Palais des Nations
Res. 54/16 Expert consultation on the update to the technical guidance on the application of a HRBA to the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity

Room VIII (Palais des Nations)
Briefing on the report of the ACABQ on the 2025 programme budget

Virtual
HRC Working Group on Business and Human Rights / 41st session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Speaker Series (Online) | First Things to Do as a Humanitarian Negotiator Following a Regime Change

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Online
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / 115th session


Palais des Nations
11th session of the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action


Palais des Nations
Public participation in parliament and its impact on parliamentary democracy: Strengthening legislation for enhanced governance

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Online
HRC Working Group on Situations / 35th session


Room V (Palais des Nations)
HRC Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review / 49th session #UPR49


Room AH (Palais des Nations)
HRC Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances / 136th session


Palais des Nations
OEIGWG on an OP-CRC to extend the right to free education / 1st session


Palais des Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / Working Group on Communications - 99th session

Palais des Nations
Meeting of experts to adopt policy guidelines for the promotion of decent work in recycling


ILO Headquarters
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 99th session


Palais des Nations
Public Events
4th Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement


Palais des Nations
Expert workshop to showcase best practices in the promotion of equal nationality rights in law and in practice

Room XVII (Palais des Nations)
HRC Open-ended Working group on the Right to Development / 26th session


Room Tempus (Palais des Nations)
Briefing on innovative financing

Palais des Nations
Information Seminar on the structure and functioning of the Inter-Parliamentary Union 2025


IPU Headquarters
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 101st Pre-sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
Organizational meeting for the 59th session of the Human Rights Council

Room AH (Palais des Nations)
Evaluation briefing on UNHCR’s multi-country emergency response to the Sudan situation

Virtual
Third GFMD Preparatory Meetings and Roundtable Consultations


Geneva & Hybrid
Launch of the UN Human Rights Report 2024

Palais des Nations
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 91st session


Palais des Nations
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) / 56th session


Palais des Nations
Human Rights Council / HRC 59th session


Palais des Nations
93rd meeting of the Standing Committee


International Conference Center Geneva, Room D
ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2025


Palais des Nations
Central Committee meeting


Geneva
Human Rights Committee (CCPR) / 144th session


Palais des Nations
36th Session of the Standing Committee on Programmes and Finance


Geneva
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 93rd Pre-sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Caux Democracy Forum


Caux Palace
18th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Palais des Nations
Committee Against Torture (CAT) / 83rd session


Palais des Nations
17th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition


Palais des Nations
Res. 57/12 One-day panel discussion on overcoming the various challenges that local governments face in promoting and protecting human rights

Palais des Nations
Local governments and human rights

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Palais des Nations
15th IPU Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament

Geneva
Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament


Geneva
HRC Advisory Committee / 34th session


Room Tempus (Palais des Nations)
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / 116th session


Palais des Nations
HRC Working Group on Communications / 36th session


Room III (Palais des Nations)
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 33rd session


Palais des Nations
Advanced IHL Seminar for Academics and Policymakers


ICRC Humanitarium and Villa Moynier
Organizational meeting for the 60th session of the Human Rights Council

Room AH (Palais des Nations)
HRC Working Group on Arbitrary Detention / 103rd session


Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Informal consultative meeting on UNHCR’s annual programme budget for 2026

TBC
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / Working Group on Communications - 100th session

Palais des Nations
Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education, and free secondary education


Room III (Palais des Nations)
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 21st Pre-Sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 100th session


Palais des Nations
94th meeting of the Standing Committee


International Conference Center Geneva, Room D
Human Rights Council / HRC 60th session


Room AH (Palais des Nations)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) / 78th Session


Palais Wilson
4th Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement


Palais des Nations
HRC Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances / 137th session


Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Third preparatory meeting for the High-Level Officials Meeting (HLOM)

Palais des Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 102nd Pre-sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) / 29th session


Palais des Nations
HRC Working Group on Business and Human Rights / 42nd session


Palais des Nations
Committee Against Torture (CAT) / 20th Session Meetings of States parties & elections

Palais des Nations
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 92nd session


Palais des Nations
24th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action


Room XII (Palais des Nations)
HRC Working Group on discrimination against women and girls / 44th session


Palais des Nations
76th plenary session of the Executive Committee


Palais des Nations
HRC UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture Board of Trustees / 62nd session


Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Human Rights Committee (CCPR) / 145th session


Palais des Nations
151st IPU Assembly and related meetings


Geneva
HRC Working Group on elaborating a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights / 11th session


Palais des Nations
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 94th Pre-sessional Working Group


Palais des Nations
Committee Against Torture (CAT) / 84th session


Palais des Nations
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