Over the course of three days (from 3 - 5 September 2008), 2000+ representatives of NGOs, grass-roots organizations, UN system, private sector, academia, media, philanthropists, youth and other constituencies will come together in Paris - city of the signature of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 to commemorate its 60th anniversary by examining its application in the context of current realities and emerging issues worldwide.
The Conference will provide
- background on the human rights treaty system (Day 1)
- perspectives on the implementation of human rights in the context of on-going challenges as well as emerging issues worldwide (Day 2)
- and outlooks on how to make better use of existing mechanisms for the protection of human rights at the international and national levels, as well as examine ways to empower civil society at the local level (Day 3)
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