Geneva Platform of Empowerment for Peace and Humanity - GPEPH
Description
GPEPH is a non-governmental, non-profit, neutral and independent organisation seeking, through empowerment,to achieve peace and uphold values of humanity. The Platform is an association established under Articles 60 et. seq of the Swiss Civil Code. It is based in Geneva and is intended to be a humanitarian and human rights-oriented organisation aiming to achieve shared values of public interest.
It concentrates its work on the Middle East and Africa and seeks out a position where it can act as bridge connecting its audience in mentioned regions to its audience in Switzerland and across Europe. It truly acts as a platform by giving societies and individuals a chance to speak up and seek tfreely their rights.
GPEPH pursues the following aims:
1- Promotion and Dissemination of Peace and Humanity.
2- Strengthening and empowerment of the capacities of stakeholders to cultivate
peace and humanity.
3- Act as a platform for stakeholders through a framework of exchange, dialogue
and advocacy in the interest of peace and humanity.
4- Act as a whistleblower of violations threatening peace and humanity.
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The Geneva Platform teamed up again with Amel Association International and La Sagesse University Faculty of Law and launched the 7th edition of the Summer School on Law and Armed Conflicts. Running this year from the 7th till the 15th of September, the pioneering program aims to provide students, lawyers and practitioners from the MENA with knowledge and expertise on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law. Lecturers from different organizations including the ICRC, the OHCHR and Geneva Call will provide the participants with valuable information on the topics discussed and an opportunity to engage on many contemporary issues. By the end of the course, the organisers will pick out the best participants and grant them a (paid) opportunity to write short papers on topics of IHL or ICL of their choice. The papers will be published in a biennial journal due to be released in 2018. We wish all the participants all the best.
Judge Ouguergouz, chair of the COI on Burundi presenting the Commission's report highlights that: "The United Nations Commission of Enquiry has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in Burundi since April 2015". Read the report: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoIBurundi/ReportHRC36/A_HRC_36_54_AEV.pdf
34th Regular Session of Human Rights Council
Follow the presentation of the first report by the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, taking place now at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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A very Happy New Year from all of us at the Platform
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Geneva's famous Jet d'Eau lit up in Blue in commemoration of #HumanRightsDay
The Elders
On #HumanRightsDay , how well do you know about #HumanRights? Take the test below and share your result with us in a comment. #standupfortherightsofsomeone #GPEPH
Programme | GenevaPeaceWeek
Commencing today is the Geneva Peace Week. The 3rd Geneva Peace Week will be held from 7 to 11 November 2016 and is a collective action initiative facilitated by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform in collaboration the Swiss Confederation. Check the Program through the link below:
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The Geneva Platform is proud to announce the two research topics which will be sponsored for this year, having been selected from a number of brilliant topics presented by the participants of the Regional Summer School on IHL 2016. The topics are: 1- Enforced Disappearances in Syria - Ms. Dalal AlAous 2- The Grave Violations Committed against Minority Groups in Syria, Yazidi Women an Example - Ms. Mariem Ben Lamin We wish the two researchers the best of luck. The Geneva Platform co-organised this year's regional Summer School on IHL which was held in Beirut between the 5th and 16th of September 2016, alongside Amel House of Human Rights and La Sagesse University Law School. The Geneva Platform has been a longstanding partner of the Summer School and will continue to support and collaborate with programs which aim to disseminate IHL in the Arab region. For more on the collaboration visit gpeph.org
(Istanbul: 10:15am, GMT+3) Opening Ceremony - World Humanitarian Summit (23-24 May 2016,...
Convening today in Istanbul, Turkey is the first ever World Humanitarian Summit. Watch live
World Humanitarian Summit 2016
A new post in our journal on the World Humanitarian Summit, it explores some of the aspects which the summit intends to cover and comes out with some expectations for Arab States.
Geneva Platform Co-Organises a Roundtable on Burundi
In a first-time collaboration, the Geneva Platform of Empowerment for Peace and Humanity co-organised on Wednesday, the 6th of April 2016, an expert panel on Burundi with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights entitled: "Burundi - No Peace without Justice?" The meeting took place at the Geneva Academy HQ in Geneva, Switzerland
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