The Conference report is available now! Download the  report in English (PDF file) or the report in Spanish (PDF file).

A French translation will follow shortly.

Download key documents:

• Conference programme with speakers
• Conference leaflet in English
• Conference leaflet in Spanish
• Conference leaflet in French

The purpose of this Conference was to reflect upon how information about human rights can be communicated more effectively by NGOs to institutions such as the Human Rights Council (HRC) and its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The conference gave the participants the opportunity to examine the latest standards, tools and techniques for managing and communicating human rights information, to express their needs, and exchange experiences and lessons learned in this area.

Results and outcomes

The conference is now over. Several presentations by speakers and presenters are now available on-line. You can also see photos of the event made by Magdalena Kacikowska of ICVolunteers.

Dates and venue

• Conference dates: 25 - 27 February 2009
• background information on the HURIDOCS General Assembly on the morning after the conference (Saturday 28 February)
• summary report of the General Assembly
  
• Geneva International Conference Centre, rooms 5 and 6

Sponsors

HURIDOCS is thankful to the following sponsors of this conference:

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Canton of Geneva
• Federal Foreign Office of Germany
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom
• Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• OxfamNovib, the Netherlands
  
• Permanent Mission of the Netherlands in Geneva
• Open Society Institute
  
• Ville de Genève