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The 71st session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will be held in Geneva from 12 to 29 January 2016.

On 10, December 2015 - International Human Rights Day – the first Human Rights Photography Award has rewarded the work of five photographers on the theme of freedom of expression.

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention's conference (14MSP) took place in Geneva from 30 November to 4 December 2015. It insisted that States integrate the care and rehabilitation of landmine survivors into broader disability and human rights contexts, and that mine-affected States steady their efforts to achieve a mine-free world.

The documentary photographer Raphael Dallaporta signs this work of chilling beauty.

This picture features the Ibn Sina Hospital in Sirte. It was taken by the award-winning photojournalist André Liohn who received the 2011 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for his work in Libya.

The violent confrontations that occurred in October 2011, in Sirte, Libya forced the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff to evacuate 49 war-wounded patients from the Ibn Sina Hospital towards Tripoli hospitals.

Refugees lit by a torch in Kljuc Brdovecki, Croatia, are guided through the fog along a track next to fields approaching the Slovenian border on 26 October 2015.

UNHCR launches an appeal to fund the Winterization Plan for the Refugee Crisis in Europe, November 2015 – February 2016.

"The plan focuses on putting in place measures to support affected countries such as Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoni

This year, Geneva Peace Week gathered 2800 participants representing the civil society and the diplomatic community.

Radio contact between astronaut Kjell Lindgren from International Space Station and students from the Institut Florimont in Geneva. This event took place during the ITU World Radio Conference (WRC-15) in Geneva. Almost 3000 people from 160 countries meet until 27 November 2015 to discuss the future of global communication. 

A patient, victim of sexual violence photographed in Shabunda hospital in South-Kivu in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ICRC-CERAH joint event focussing on conflict-related sexual violence " Sexual violence in armed conflict: Underlying causes and prevention strategies” will take place this coming Thursday 12 November at the Humanitarium and is open to the public.

Award-winning photographer Lisa Kristine captured this haunting image of a young man caught in the vicious cycle of modern-day slavery. For as long as he can recall, he has been forced to work on the Lake Volta, Ghana. Terrified of his master he will not run away.

United Nations celebrate its 70th anniversary.

Let's gather and celebrate Saturday 24 October 2015!

On the occasion of the Nansen Initiative Global Consultation, Lucy + Jorge Orta's work Antarctic Village – No Borders was on exhibition at the Geneva Sicli Pavillon on 11 October 2015.

OMC Forum public 2015, film d'ouverture "Le commerce à l’œuvre: un exercice d’ingénierie inverse". Que faut-il pour fabriquer une chaussure dans l’économie mondiale connectée d’aujourd'hui? Des gens.
Présenté  le 30 septembre 2015

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CERN, Nuit des Chercheurs. Olivier Gaumer, du PhysiScope (UNIGE), démontre les propriétés des couleurs à plus de 500 jeunes lors de l’une des séances « La science au cinéma », tenues le 25 septembre 2015.

La dessinatrice Gabriele Schlipf interprète en images les propos des Geneva Peace Talks tenus les 18-19 septembre 2015

Green Cross international: une des photos exposées le long du quai Wilson sur le thème "The Future We Want", à voir jusqu'au 30 septembre.

UNECE Expert Forum for producers and users of climate change-related statistics, Palais des Nations, 2-3 September 2015

Fête de la communication, Club suisse de la presse (CSP), 28 août 2015

Journée Humanitaire Mondiale, Cérémonie de remise du Prix Sergio Vieira de Mello honorant les travailleurs humanitaires ayant perdu la vie au cours de leurs fonctions, Palais des Nations, 19 août 2015

Atelier de formation de l'UNITAR à l'attention des déléguées de l'OMM sur le leadership des femmes, Bâtiment de l'OMM, 6 juin 2015