Human Rights Hub
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom established a Human Rights Hub in Geneva. As a hub for the Foundation's human rights work, it strengthens respect for and compliance with human rights and promotes the rules-based international legal order. The hub connects human rights defenders and civil society organizations with each other and with UN organizations in Geneva.
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The WSIS process: Defense of the Liberal Rules Based International Order
The WSIS+20 Review will take place in Geneva from July 7-11, 2025. In this process, states will review the progress made in the implementation of the Geneva Action Plan and review the mandate of the WSIS. But what exactly is the WSIS and what is its value for the international order?
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AI for human rights: Smarter, faster, fairer monitoring
This workshop offers a dynamic space to explore how AI can be leveraged to make human rights monitoring smarter, faster, and fairer—while ensuring that such use is grounded in human rights values and guided by critical reflection. Participants will engage with both the opportunities and the boundaries of AI, emphasizing the importance of human–AI collaboration, transparency, and inclusive design.
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Half the Talent, Half the Voice
Today marks the third anniversary of the United Nations' designation of June 24th as the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. Yet, despite this symbolic recognition, meaningful progress toward making diplomacy more inclusive for women remains limited.
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Russia's Copycats: Anti-LGBTQI+ legislation in Hungary, Bulgaria and Georgia
The rapid proliferation of anti-LGBTQI+ laws and policies in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Georgia reveals a disturbing pattern in Europe and beyond: the deliberate erosion of legal protections for LGBTQI+ communities and the systematic weaponization of anti-minority propaganda.
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Talks with Iran: Can Geneva bring diplomacy back?
Geneva once again becomes a stage for international diplomacy and the pursuit of peace. The talks on Iran's nuclear program show how valuable dialogue, trust, and a return to principles of international law are.
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Reflecting on the UPR for Türkiye – Key Takeaways from Our Side-Event and the Formal Review
Türkiye’s Universal Periodic Review, a peer review of human rights undertaken by all UN Member States, took place on May 6, 2025, in the midst of one of the most alarming surge in human rights violations in the country.
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Media Freedom on Trial
Worldwide the work of journalists is criminalised in order to silence critical voices. Journalist Blessed Mhlanga from Heart and Soul Broadcasting Services Ltd. was arrested in March after his interview with an opponent of President Emmerson Mnangagawa in Zimbabwe. He is accused of inciting public violence. Read his letter from the prison in Harare.
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Russia's Copycats: Anti-LGBTQI+ legislation in Hungary, Bulgaria and Georgia
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Generation Z in the USA: On Human Rights and Democracy
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Generation Z in Poland - On Human Rights and Democracy
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Gen Z Survey: Committed to Human Rights, Worried about Democracy
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