This is a side event of the 24th session of the Human Rights Council, organised by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office in Geneva, and the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Office in Geneva to launch the Geneva Academy In-Brief No.3 on “Reprisals against human rights defenders who cooperate with the United Nations System”.

Amid a number of standard-setting initiatives debated at the Human Rights Council and by the UN human rights treaty bodies, this side-event proposes a forum for reflection on the normative requirements to ensure adequate protection for human rights defenders at domestic and UN levels as well as on the development of effective mechanisms to achieve compliance with these standards.

Speakers

• Ambassador Urs Schmid, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
• Ambassador András Dékány, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations
• Professor Malcolm Evans, Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (TBC
•  Ivona Truscan, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Moderator

• Andrew Clapham, Director of the Geneva Academy and Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute

Location

Palais des Nations, Room XXI (Avenue de la Paix 14, Geneva)

Registration and further information available on the Geneva Academy website.