Updates from the Observatory
Dissemination Event with the CEDAW Committee: Presenting Final Outputs and Key Findings
February 18, 2026
Event co-organized by UBERN team and IIR team On 18 February 2026, a dissemination event took place at the United Nations in Geneva, co-organized by the UBERN and IIR teams, to present the final outputs and key findings of the HRJust project to members of the CEDAW Committee. The event created an opportunity to engage…
Sea Level Rise Volume Presented at Human Rights Breakfast in Geneva
December 5, 2025
On 5 December 2025, the open-access volume Sea Level Rise: Implications for Human Rights, edited by Prof. Elisa Fornalé (UBERN, WP6 Leader), was presented during a Human Rights Breakfast organized by the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in Geneva. The event focused on the impact of sea level rise on…
New Open-Access Book: Sea Level Rise: Implications for Human Rights (Elisa Fornalé ed.)
2 November 2025
We are very pleased to highlight the publication of the open-access volume Sea Level Rise: Implications for Human Rights, edited by Prof. Elisa Fornalé (UBERN, WP6 Leader) and published by Springer. The book examines the human rights implications of sea level rise, one of the most pressing consequences of climate change. As rising seas increasingly…