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How can the better reflect the rights of , girls and women human rights defenders?

Join the side event to
🗓️ 29 June 2026 from
🕒15:00 to 16:00 CEST
📍Palais des Nations, Room Concordia 1, and online.

The event, “Strengthening the UPR Cycle: Gender Perspectives, Inclusivity, and Civil Society Participation,” is co-organized by the Permanent Mission of North Macedonia to the UN in Geneva, UK Mission Geneva, the EPI and UPR Info.
More info:
https://upr-info.org/en/news/strengthening-upr-through-gender-inclusive-participation

In an opinion piece published in the Tribune de Genève, UPR Info reflects on why protecting the right to protest is essential for democracy and human rights.

Through the UPR, States are regularly called upon to safeguard civic space, prevent excessive use of force and protect those who exercise their right to peaceful assembly.

Read the full piece — available in French.
https://upr-info.org/en/news/democracy-also-lives-streets

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