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ISMUN SUMMER SCHOOL 2026 HUMAN RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT

 

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ISMUN SUMMER SCHOOL 2026 HUMAN RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT
We have the pleasure to announce the next session of ISMUN Summer School on Human Rights and Development which will be held in Geneva from 31 August to 04 September , 2026.
It is organised by the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN), an NGO with consultative status at the UN and a long-standing involvement with the UN Human Rights work. As in previous years the Summer School will be led by a team of experienced academics and NGO leaders.
ISMUN Summer School is an opportunity to learn about the UN Human Rights system and to interact with prominent experts. Lectures will be given by academics specialized in Human Rights, Human Rights Council special rapporteurs, UN officials, diplomats and NGO representatives working on key issues.
Main topics of the Summer School will focus on social and economic rights, with an emphasis on the right to development.
The 2026 programme will include:
The 2026 programme will include:
Introduction to the UN Human Rights system and its components;
Continued relevance and central role of the UN system - defending multilateralism
Learning how to interact with the different parts of the UN Human Rights system.
The current global development situation and challenges for multilateralism
40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development
Climate Emergency – New Human Rigthts priority
Mobilizing and scaling up resources for global needs
The UN programmes against racism and the Decade for People of African Descent.
25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Key social and economic rights issues, such as right to food, water, education, housing;
The right to health;
Environment and development
Migrant and refugee rights;
Right to peace;
The role of the international financial institutions;
Towards a new treaty on TNCs and Human Rights;

On completion of the Summer School the participants will receive a certificate.

The ISMUN Summer School 2026 is held at time of many global crisis situations when the need to take decisive action for global justice and development through multilateralism and a strengthened United Nations is greater than ever. This is particular the case in view of the climate emergency and the increasing inequalities within and among countries. There is an urgent need to address the weak support of the UN and its budget crisis. Without the mobilization of a well informed public opinion by people of various ages in all regions, the UN will not be able to meet and implement its agreed 2030 Development Agenda, and its Development and Human Rights targets for all.
The Summer School will emphasize the need to equally implement the full UN Human Rights agreements, civil and political rights as well as social and economic rights, including the right to development.
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The Summer School is offered at the low fee of 330.- CHF , which includes the full programme, study material, and certificate on completion of the Summer School.

Only a limited number of participants can be accepted for this high-quality training programme and this will be on a first-come, first-served basis.