Human Rights Day 2022 75th Anniversary — Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will be celebrated on 10 December 2023. Ahead of this milestone celebration, starting on this year's Human Rights Day on 10 December 2022, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner will launch a year-long campaign to showcasing the UDHR by focusing on its legacy, relevance […]

Extraordinary General Assembly – HIC Institutional Review

Wednesday 14 December 2022, Online HIC Members, Friends and Allies are invited to join us for the HIC General Assembly 2022 to reflect on current challenges, debate strategies and priorities, and look ahead. The 2022 HIC Extraordinary General Assembly on the HIC Institutional Review will include feedback from the consultants on the overall process, an overview […]

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women – CSW67 (2023)

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 6 to 17 March 2023. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to contribute to the session. Themes Priority theme: Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and […]

61st Session of the Commission for Social Development – CSocD61

The 61st Session of the 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 […]

HIC side event during the CSocD61: ’Unequal access to employment and decent work: The case of women in Africa and Latin America.’

The 61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61). The priority theme of “Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Date and Time: 14th February 2023 […]

Side event at the CSW: ‘Digital Inclusion for all: Key to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of Women and Girls in the access, use, ownership and control of land and habitat related rights’

The in-person event will take place on Wednesday,  8th March 2023 from 4:30PM EST at the Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN) 11th Floor. Please see the attached flyer for more details.  The priority theme of the 67th session of the Commision on the Status of Women is ‘Innovation and technological change, and education […]

III World Forum on Human Rights 2023 and Convergences meeting of HIC, Buenos Aires

The III World Forum on Human Rights will take place in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from March 20 to 24, 2023, with the participation of international leaders, organizations and activists from more than 70 countries. HIC and its Members organized an important gathering of more than 20 movements from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, India, Zimbabwe, South […]

UN 2023 Water Conference

On 20 December 2018, the General Assembly adopted the resolution on the “Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’, 2018-2028” (A/RES/73/226). The resolution calls for a Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action to be […]

UN 2023 Water Conference

The Conference will feature an opening and closing ceremony, six plenary meetings and five multi-stakeholder interactive dialogues. It will also feature a number of high-level special events and side events organized by Member States, the UN system and other stakeholders. More info about the UN 20203 Water Conference is available here https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023

International Social Housing Festival 2023

The International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) 2023 will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on June 7–9. It will focus on the lessons to be learned from mature as well as emerging housing systems vis-à-vis emerging social and economic challenges across the world, with a special focus on Southern Europe and extensive participation from the rest of […]