Upcoming Events

22 September 2026
to 23 September 2026
Prison is a feminist issue. Research shows us how harmful prison is for women, who are more likely to self-harm,...
Time: 21:45
 to 23: 45
  (UTC)
9 May 2027
to 12 May 2027
The Harm Reduction International Conference is convened by Harm Reduction International in a different city every two years. Over four...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
Location: ICC Belfast

Past Events

17 September 2026
to 18 September 2026
The European Justice Education & Leadership Summit brings together voices from across Europe to explore one powerful question: What does...
Time: 08:15
 to 16: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
Location: VHS Simmering, Gottschalkgasse 10, 1110 Wien
17 July 2026
Launch of Scorecard on Compliance with Principles on Decriminalisation of Petty Offences To support implementation of the Principles, the Network...
Time: 15:00
 to 16: 30
  (UTC +03:00)
3 July 2026
Campaign partners: Harm Reduction International, International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), The Open Society Foundations will be co-sponsors of the  HRC62...
Time: 13:00
 to 14: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
Location: Concordia-1, Building A, Palais des Nations, Geneva
26 June 2026
Resisting repression. Building care. Support. Don’t Punish: Across the world, communities continue to resist punitive drug policies and build alternatives...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC)
15 June 2026
to 7 July 2026
Harm Reduction International: The upcoming 62nd Session of the Human Rights Council, to be held between 15 June and 7...
Time: 10:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
4 June 2026
Penal Reform International (PRI): Join us at our CCPCJ35 side event! Organised by PRI, and supported by Finland, Norway, the Thailand...
Time: 11:30
 to 12: 30
  (UTC +02:00)
Location: Room M5, Vienna International Centre
1 June 2026
The International Legal Foundation (ILF), in collaboration with Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies (NYU Center on International Cooperation...
Time: 12:00
 to 17: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
19 May 2026
Campaign partners: Institute of Commonwealth Studies in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), The Open Society Foundations and...
Time: 10:00
 to 16: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
18 May 2026
to 19 May 2026
We are pleased to announce that the FEANTSA Forum 2026 will take place on the 18th and 19th of May...
Time: 09:00
 to 17: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
8 May 2026
This event has now been cancelled Campaign member, Women Beyond Walls will be hosting a session at RightsCon on Friday...
Time: 11:30
 to 12: 30
  (UTC +02:00)
6 May 2026
The International Legal Foundation: will be at an event organized by the Access to Justice Knowledge Hub on Wednesday, May...
Time: 12:00
 to 14: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
6 May 2026
This event has now been cancelled. Campaign members: Southern Africa Litigation Centre SALC (Africa) and the Criminal Justice and Accountability...
Time: 15:15
 to 16: 15
  (UTC +02:00)
Location: Banquet room 3
25 April 2026
to 30 April 2026
The United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is the world’s largest and most diverse gathering of policy-makers,...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +04:00)
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
23 April 2026
FEANTSA and Fair Trials: Session examining systemic profiling and discriminatory policing practices, including excessive use of force, and their impact...
Time: 10:30
 to 11: 55
  (UTC +01:00)
Location: European Parliament, room tbc
21 April 2026
to 22 April 2026
RESCALED: Under the theme “Sustainability and Justice” the 2026 European Symposium on Detention Houses brings together justice changemakers to confirm a...
Time: 14:30
 to 17: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
14 April 2026
to 16 April 2026
In April 2026, Incarceration Nations Network will launch Global Freedom Fellowship Consulting, the world’s first consulting agency of formerly incarcerated people...
Time: 16:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
31 March 2026
The NYC Continuum of Care CoC is bringing back Will Woods and Rob Robinson to continue their conversation around the increased criminalization of homeless individuals...
Time: 12:00
 to 13: 00
  (UTC -04:00)
18 March 2026
Women Beyond Walls: Speakers from Member States, UN entities, civil society, and women with lived experience will discuss key recommendations...
Time: 10:00
 to 11: 15
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: UN Headquarters
13 March 2026
Join the Women in Prison Network for a dialogue on the structural barriers and challenges faced by women deprived of...
Time: 09:00
 to 11: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: New York City Bar Association - 42 W 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
12 March 2026
The side event will be developed in two parts. First, we will host a panel discussion with representatives from the...
Time: 16:00
 to 18: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
12 March 2026
Harm Reduction International: The data from 2025 marks the most brutal year for capital punishment since HRI began monitoring in 2007;...
Time: 13:00
 to 14: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
Location: Room M2 of the Vienna International Centre
12 March 2026
Women Beyond Walls: Women in contact with the criminal justice system across the globe face gender-specific discrimination and institutional barriers...
Time: 09:00
 to 10: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., New York and on Zoom
12 March 2026
Women’s access to justice is a fundamental human right and a central concern of international and regional human rights frameworks....
Time: 13:15
 to 14: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: UN Women Headquarters, Daily News Building, New York
12 March 2026
Penal Reform International (PRI), Women Beyond Walls: Join the Women in Prison Network for an engaging panel discussion focused on...
Time: 09:00
 to 10: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., New York and on Zoom
12 March 2026
This 90-minute interactive side event during the Commission on the Status of Women 70 (CSW70) brings together feminist justice defenders...
Time: 10:00
 to 11: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
12 March 2026
This panel will examine key challenges such as content moderation, online harassment, and the criminalization of digital expression, while highlighting...
Time: 12:00
 to 13: 30
  (UTC -05:00)
12 March 2026
Penal Reform International, Women Beyond Walls: Speakers from member states, United Nations (UN) entities, civil society, and women with lived...
Time: 10:00
 to 11: 15
  (UTC -05:00)
Location: Room CR-E, UN Headquarters, New York
11 March 2026
This panel will explore how gender inequality, discrimination, and violence shape women’s involvement with criminal legal systems across different regions....
Time: 12:00
 to 13: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
11 March 2026
RESURJ was founded with the idea that younger feminists from the Global South should be taking on space to voice...
Time: 16:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
10 March 2026
Amnesty International: This CSQ parallel event will offer a cross-regional panel that will conduct an intersectional analysis of WHRDs’ access...
Time: 16:30
 to 18: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
10 March 2026
to 20 March 2026
Across jurisdictions, survivors of gender-based violence face legal systems that are formally open but structurally hostile. Such environments are often...
Time: 10:30
 to 12: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
9 March 2026
Organized in partnership with the UN Committee of the NYC Bar Association.  For the first time in over two decades,...
Time: 10:30
 to 12: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
25 February 2026
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH): Co-hosted by the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) and the University of Pretoria, this...
Time: 14:00
 to 15: 30
  (UTC -06:00)
19 February 2026
FEANTSA: The webinar aims to foster critical dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, and advocates on the precarious housing situations faced by...
Time: 14:00
 to 15: 30
  (UTC +01:00)
9 February 2026
to 12 February 2026
The Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) will be held in Fiji from 9 to 12 February 2026 The meeting will...
Time: 09:00
 to 17: 00
  (UTC +12:00)
3 February 2026
New York City Continuum of Care (CoC) Speaker Series The CoC is back with another installment of the Speaker Series....
Time: 12:00
 to 13: 00
  (UTC -05:00)
24 January 2026
to 24 January 2026
The International Association of Young Lawyers is pleased to launch an initiative to raise funds for Avocats Sans Frontières, in commemoration...
Time: 09:00
 to 17: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
27 November 2025
Across the world, governments and corporations are using criminal law to silence human rights defenders. Dissent on Trial exposes this trend—and highlights...
Time: 14:00
 to 15: 30
  (UTC)
Location: Johannesburg
24 November 2025
to 25 November 2025
On 7 October 2025, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) will hold their 20th Annual Human Rights Dialogue, a crucial...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
24 October 2025
Dear colleagues, The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to invite you to a side-event taking place at the 85th Ordinary Session of the...
Time: 10:00
 to 12: 00
  (UTC)
16 October 2025
NHLC: The New York Human Right to Housing Campaign (NY-HR2H) invites you to a discussion on the Criminalization of Homelessness...
Time: 16:30
 to 18: 30
  (UTC -04:00)
Location: the New School
3 June 2025
to 5 June 2025
“Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing and Responding to Violence Affecting Children in Child Justice Systems” The 5th World Congress in 2025...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +01:00)
Location: Madrid, Spain
17 March 2025
A key step forward in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Over 740,000 women and girls are held...
Time: 10:00
 to 11: 15
  (UTC -04:00)
Location: Room CR9, United Nations
24 January 2025
to 25 January 2025
As members of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status, the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust and the International Legal Foundation (ILF)...
Time: 09:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +05:30)
19 December 2024
It is estimated that there are approximately 1.2 million homeless individuals residing within the European Union. This figure has been...
Time: 11:00
 to 12: 30
  (UTC +01:00)
1 December 2024
to 4 December 2024
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria and the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association are...
Time: 08:00
 to 18: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
28 November 2024
Side event as part of the WO=MEN’s campaign focusing on strengthening the feminist movements in the Netherlands and surrounding Beijing+30...
Time: 17:00
 to 18: 30
  (UTC +01:00)
Location: Amsterdam Law Hub
26 November 2024
Across the world and in Africa, women make up the majority of workers in the informal economy – mostly because...
Time: 11:30
 to 13: 00
  (UTC +02:00)
23 October 2024
The devasting impact of criminalization on digital spaces for LGBTQ people in Uganda. Launch event on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmnestyInternationalAfrica
Time: 11:00
 to 13: 00
  (UTC +03:00)
12 September 2024
4th Asia Pacific Feminist Forum, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 12-14 September 2024. This workshop is convened by Just Futures Collaborative, in...
Time: 12:00
 to 14: 00
  (UTC +07:00)