Pledging Conference of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2025

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On December 2, 2025, the annual pledging conference of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was held, during which the Czech Republic, represented by Permanent Representative Václav Bálek, reaffirmed its long-standing… 

Human rights and artificial intelligence

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Ambassador V. Bálek set the scene on AI and human rights at a discussion panel organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as part of this year's B-tech project held on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council… 

UPR50: Czechia to participate in human rights reviews of 7 countries

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From 3 to 14 November 2025, Geneva will host the 50th session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a UN intergovernmental mechanism that examines the human rights situation in member states. 

UK: first review of its trade policy after Brexit

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On October 28 and 30, 2025, a meeting was held in Geneva to review the United Kingdom's independent trade policy for the first time since it left the EU and its trade policy ceased to be part of the common EU trade policy. Prior to the meeting,…