6 - 8 March, 2019
Currently, it is estimated that approximately 5.2 million people are living with HIV in Asia, the second highest number of any region in the world. As a whole, the Asian region has made great strides…
27 - 1 March, 2019
Meningitis remains a universal public health challenge in countries around the world – cases and outbreaks are highly dreaded. The global number of deaths due to meningitis was estimated at around 380,000 annually. Deaths from…
25 - 27 February, 2019
Challenges within the rules-based international system highlight the need to strengthen justice and accountability for conflict-related sexual violence, putting survivors at the centre – one of the objectives of the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence In…
13 - 15 February, 2019
This was the 12th annual meeting in our International Futures series. It explored the future of global challenges ranging from security and conflict to trade and governance. Technology, demographic shifts, economic trends, pressures on the…
6 - 8 February, 2019
The effective control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their ammunition is a goal that unites countries across the Commonwealth, due to the severity of the potential consequences of their misuse. The Commonwealth…
23 - 26 January, 2019
The illicit trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition represents a serious threat to peace and security, and an obstacle to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. In many countries and regions…
20 - 23 January, 2019
There is arguably no harder or more urgent global challenge in our world today than tackling youth unemployment. Current estimates are that governments need to create over a billion jobs in the next 12 years:…
16 - 18 January, 2019
In September 2016 we organised an event in partnership with Transparency International (TI) and other NGOs to look ahead at implementation of anti-corruption commitments countries had made at the May 2016 international summit hosted by…
14 - 16 January, 2019
The theme of the event, the 14th in the annual human rights series, was the over-arching concern of human rights under threat with a specific emphasis on narratives, language and discourse, including opportunities and threats…
8 - 11 January, 2019
Afghanistan has faced close to four decades of conflict. Today, the Afghan government, with support from its international partners, continues to fight a resilient Taliban insurgency. In the current military and political context, neither the…
