60 Years of the ICCPR and the ICESCR: Are the Covenants Still Fit for Today's Human Rights Challenges?

The 60th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social  and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) offers an opportunity to reflect on their continued relevance and ability to address today's and tomorrow's human rights challenges. The discussion will explore how treaty bodies have kept the Covenants dynamic and responsive, ensuring their continued role as living instruments of human rights protection.

Speakers

Opening: Céline Brugge, Legal Advisor, Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research 

• Prof. Changrok Soh, Chair of the Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
• Amb. Preeti Saran, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
• Ana María Rodríguez Valencia, Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ)
• Prof. Philip Alston, International Human Rights Law expert & former Chair of the CESCR
• Antti Korkeakivi, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Moderation: Roland Chauville, Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre) 

Organisers

The Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre) in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Initative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), the Friedrich Ebert Stifung (FES), the Geneva Human Rights Hub and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva.