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Ending impunity for severe housing rights violations – should domicide be recognized as an international crime?
worldwide/virtualVirtual side event - 77th session of the UN General Assembly 27 October 2022, 13:15-14:30 EST Massive violations of the right to adequate housing continue in unprecedented fashion during and after violent conflict. The attacking, bombing and shelling of civilian targets and the destruction of entire cities and villages – displacing millions into homelessness –
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Climate Action Day
worldwide/virtualIn light of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, students and teachers from across the world will get together at a global online discussion to share ideas, solutions, and innovative projects for climate action. In an interactive session, youth leaders and innovators will present their ideas and recommendations. The online event will be an
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Intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN: global trends and good practices
Hybrid | New York | Virtual New York, NYSide event on Intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN: global trends and good practices In September, the Secretary General released the 2022 report on intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN. Join us for a discussion on main findings, and to explore good practices to prevent and address intimidation and reprisals, both
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Civic Responsibility: What Your Children Need to Know
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event in which we will hear from Paul Carrese and Tammy Waller about providing civic education to children. Date: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 Time: 1:15-2:30 PM Register and join here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIld-igqjkvEtwDUpowORfaBCPxfQoJyTHJ _________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family/NY is a
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COP15 Faith Briefing
worldwide/virtualDear colleagues, With the CBD COP15 only a few weeks away, Bhumi Global is delighted to invite you to a briefing session on Tuesday 22nd November from 9:30am - 11am ET where we will review and discuss: Updated multi-faith priorities for the Global Biodiversity Framework Events planned by the COP15 multi-faith coordination group How to
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Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
worldwide/virtualThe United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own
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High-Level Launch Event Of The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages
hybrid | Paris | virtualUNESCO, in co-operation with the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the members of Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages, will organize and host a High-level launch event on 13 December 2022 from 10.00
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Consultations by the ECOSOC Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
Hybrid | New York | Virtual New York, NYDear Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), As you may have already been informed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the ECOSOC Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations is holding consultations with NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC to discuss questions of interest to the Committee or to the organizations relating to the relationship between
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61st Session of the Commission for Social Development
UNHQ/NY Conference Room 4 NYThe 61st United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 in Conference Room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Priority Theme: Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19
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One Earth, One Chance: UN COP15
worldwide/virtualThis conversation will look at the UN COP 15 experience and the diverse strategies for the urgent changes we need going into and coming out of that pivotal event. Grassroots pressure is crucial, as is policy change from within the multilateral spaces. The involvement of faith communities can be a game changer. The pressure must come
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