HRC15: Oral Statement on UPR on Sweden
Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council session 15 Item 6, Consideration of UPR reports, Sweden 22nd of September 2010 Mr Chairperson, Multiple Treaty Bodies have recommended the Swedish government […]
WILPF Statement on the Situation in Georgia
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Statement on the situation in Georgia The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) deplores the violent conflict in Georgia, and welcomes […]
Violence Against Women
Thank you Mr. President. Women’s international League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) UK section welcomes the examination of the intersections between culture and violence against women by the Special Rapporteur. […]
Congress Resolution on US Missile Defense System in Central Europe
Noting that the US is planning to install radar and interceptor sites for a new missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland; Aware that the pretext of placing […]
Demand for a Referendum of the Saharawi People
The Aotearoa Section has been involved in hosting speaking tours in 2003 and 2004 from members of the Polisario Front of Western Sahara. In 1973, under the leadership of the […]
Democratic Elections In Belarus
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom IEC held in lieu of the 27th Triennial Congress, July 27-August 3, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland: Pursuant to elections for president in Belarus on 9th September 2001 […]
Macedonia
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom IEC held in lieu of the 27th Triennial Congress, July 27-August 3, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland: WILPF International Executive Committee Meeting 2001 condemns any intervention by NATO […]
Statement on the Health Effects of Radiation
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom IEC held in lieu of the 27th Triennial Congress, July 27-August 3, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland: WILPF International Executive Committee Meeting 2001 1. Welcomes the Chernobyl resolution […]
The Role of the Vatican in the United Nations
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom IEC held in lieu of the 27th Triennial Congress, July 27-August 3, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland: The Vatican, called the “Holy See” is recognised as a Non-Member […]
Human Rights for Silvia Baraldini
The 26th Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, August 1-6, 1995 in Helsinki, Finland: The 26th International WILPF Congress urges the US Government to repatriate Silvia Baraldini, Italian citizen and political prisoner in the US, from prison in the US to a prison in Italy, in accordance with the Strasbourg Rights Convention, which provides for the repatriation of prisoners to their country of origin. The US and several European countries have accepted the Convention early on, and Italy ratified it in 1989. Actions: (a) To mobilize public awareness of the situation of Silvia Baraldini by undertaking a worldwide campaign for her repatriation to Italy; and (b) for WILPF section to write to US President Bill Clinton to take steps for the repatriation of Silvia Baraldini to Italy.