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Re-enchanting hope by building new coalitions
Join The G|O today at 5 p.m at the Geneva Human Rights Film Festival for the closing discussion of this year’s edition
Climate emergency, social and economic inequalities, political polarization, wars… The world looks increasingly as if it’s on the brink. Despair and inaction, however, would
The Problem with Human Rights
Daniel Warner | While human rights are now ‘mainstreamed’ within the United Nations system, their regular operationalization on the ground is lacking. What is the point of having lofty principles and legal treaties when they are so often violated?
“Truth is what Putin fears most. That is why he systematically suppresses it.”
“Truth is what Putin fears most. That is why he systematically suppresses it,” Russian filmmaker in exile Askold Kurov told me when I recently spoke with him as The G|O partners with the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, which opens tomorrow.
Concocted by a Pro, a Scrumptious Documentary Menu at the FIFDH—an Interview with Daphné Rozat
Careful hand-picking is the modus operandi when selecting works for the Geneva International Human Rights Festival. “I consider roughly 500 documentary projects every year before arriving at my final selection,” Daphné Rozat tells me. I was expecting a large number, but I never thought it’d be that high—even
22 Years and Counting: The FIFDH Returns. We talked to the new team in charge.
22 Years and Counting: The FIFDH Returns. We talked to the new team in charge.
Resources
Resources is an expanding curated and tagged collection of various documents we use while writing The Geneva Observer. Its allows you to easily find and download research UN reports, academic and NGOs papers.
Document: How to Fix the WTO
Building on the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) long-standing support for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the multilateral trading system, this paper is intended to set out a holistic vision for WTO reform from the perspective of the global business community.
Assessment of Restrictions on Palestinian Water Sector Development
The goal of the assessment is to develop a balanced analysis and create awareness of the factors restricting Palestinian water sector development as well as of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of these restrictions.
UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees: Challenges for Developing a Strategic Vision
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"Unsustained Reforms, Unprotected Rights" - BWI's Full Report on Migrant Workers' Plight in Qatar Post World Cup 2022
Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) dismisses the Gulf state’s repeated claims that it has significantly altered its labour practices and put in place the mechanisms needed to ensure that changes in its legislation are implemented.
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