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The 92 session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) starts today, 16 January, until 3 February. The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children, adolescents, and teenagers to develop to their full potential, and be protected from violence, abuse, and harm. This photograph was taken in Belbedji, Niger, in July 2021 by Zied Ben Romdhane. It is part of the story "Children of the Rain" and selected in the Witnesses: 50 years of Doctors Without Borders project.
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Since 2018, the 24 January marks the International Day of Education. It is the occasion to remind that the first Declaration of the Rights of the Child, known as the Declaration of Geneva, was adopted a hundred years ago, recognizing the existence of specific rights for children and that "humanity must give the child the best it has." This portrait of Somali girls at school was taken in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, in 2016, by Magnum photographer Newsha Tavakolian.
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In the roundup of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Geneva Human Rights Platform and Child rights connect, organize the discussion "Child participation in the work of UN Human Rights mechanisms" today, 6 February, at 13:15. This event is part of the Human Rights Conversations series that aims to discuss today's challenges to promote and safeguard Human Rights. The above sparkling scene was pictured by Alex Webb in the framework of UNICEF's Children's broadcasting participation program, in Mozambique, in 2012.
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8 March marks International Women's Day. In this impetus, the Geneva Environment Network convenes you to the high-level panel discussion addressing “Women, Girls, and the Triple Planetary Crisis” through the lens of climate change, biodiversity loss, human rights, gender, and innovation. Along the same path, the WTO organizes “A Conversation between European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde and WTO Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.” The photojournalist Nana Heitmann followed, 16-year-old, Divya Chaudhry’s quest to study for a career in science encouraged by youth empowerment groups, and the support of her parents. Here, Divya poses with her sister Saniya next to their village, Turki, Madhya Pradesh, India in November 2022.
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Mar 13, 2023 to Mar 17, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Jan 25, 2023 to Jan 26, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Jan 31, 2023 to Feb 1, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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The 113th Session of the IOM Council will take place from 29 November to 2 December. As underlined by Director General Antonio Vitorino in the 2023 Programme and Budget: "the past year has been one of institutional growth at a time of proliferating crisis (...) New challenges have emerged to which IOM has been called to respond, from Afghanistan to Pakistan, to Ukraine, while still supporting long-standing displacement situations from Bangladesh to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to Yemen." This scene was taken in the Rawdah camp for IDPs in Marib, Yemen by Magnum photographer Moises Saman in 2021.
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Feb 6, 2023 to Feb 8, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Oct 10, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
In this session you will be guided through the new features implemented into this latest version of ePCT.||Our panelists will answer questions received via the Q&A feature and we will take time at the end to answer some of them live.||The Webinar is free of charge and will be recorded and posted in PCT Webinars web page https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/seminar/webinars/index.html together with the power point presentation and Q&A report.||Another session with the same topic and content w
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Apr 25, 2023 to Apr 28, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Feb 22, 2023 to Feb 23, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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UN - 6 November 2023
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Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Geneva-based international organizations explain who they are with some key figures.
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UN Geneva - 23 October 2023