#side-events

The Hague Academy of International Law holds an annual Side Event during the International Law Week since 2017. During these events, international lawyers: the Judges and the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, Arbitrators, the Secretary-General of the PCA, and academics, who are at the core of international law and judicial activity, are invited by the Academy to discuss current global legal realities and concerns, displaying the link of the prominent panelists with the Academy. 

Watch Is International Law a Babel's Tower? The Hague Academy of International Law Side Event!

Watch the Chemical Weapon Disinformation: Current and Future Challenges (General Assembly First Committee Side Event)

Side Event of the First Committee organized by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations.

To prevent and address many of the grievances that drive violence and conflict, justice systems must ensure accessibility, accountability and equality before the law, while placing checks on the use of power by security actors and other branches of government. Good governance, including in justice and security sectors, is thus vital for preventing violence, promoting peace, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Watch the Towards advancing the Pact of the Future: security and justice provision as a means to reducing all forms of violence (SDG 16.1) (HLPF 2024 Side Event)!

This side-event will bring to the front the government champions and the drivers that pushed them into taking tenure security more seriously, not only as a basic right for people everywhere, but also as a determining factor to ensure other sustainable development goals including Goal 13 on climate action and Goal 16 on building peaceful societies.

Watch A multistakeholder global movement to drive action on land tenure security (HLPF 2024 Side Event)!

This side event seeks to convene esteemed experts and practitioners to deliberate on strategies for harnessing AI-driven opportunities while mitigating potential pitfalls, thereby fostering a more equitable and inclusive job market.

Inclusive Employment meets Artificial Intelligence (COSP 17 Side Event).

The Commonwealth Secretariat and its partners are convening a side event to highlight practical means of strengthening the meaningful and effective participation of persons with disabilities in policy and legislative processes.

Accelerating meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in policy development in the Commonwealth (COSP17 Side Event)

How can multifunctional infrastructure be used by islands and low-lying states, including SIDS?

This side event to the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States delves into the potential of multi-functional solutions as a tool for climate adaptation and to foster a sustainable blue economy.

The side event, organised by the Federal Republic of Germany, AGE Platform Europe and BAGSO, the German National Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations, aims to shed light onto the role of the EU to promote the human rights in older age.

Watch The role of the European Union as a global human rights actor: What about the promotion of human rights in older age? (Side Event of the 14th Session of the OEWGA)