March 5th 2010
Equal in Dignity and Rights
Mary Robinson joins UNICEF and rights advocates calling for basic education and gender equality: On March 4th 2010, at UNICEF House in New York City, a panel of experts including Mary Robinson discussed a report presented to the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. It explores why world leaders have failed to deliver on their promises to girls.

February 24th 2010
Special Forum in Doha on An Agenda for Human Rights
On February 22nd, the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) of Qatar, held a Special Forum to discuss the report of a panel of experts brought together by an initiative of the Government of Switzerland in 2008: “Protecting dignity: An agenda for human rights". Forum participants discussed a number of issues...

February 4th 2010
COP 15 and Climate Justice: Collapse, Greenwash or New Impetus for the Future?
Following on from the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, a multistakeholder event co-sponsored by Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, the United Nations Non Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS), and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, was held on Monday 25 January at UN Headquarters in New York.

February 2nd 2010
African Women Making a Difference on Peace and Security
African women are on the move in an extraordinary way, and are determined to make their voices heard and their influence count – particularly on issues of peace and security. Mary Robinson blogs about witnessing this first hand at two recent meetings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, home of the African Union (AU) Secretariat and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).