Statement on the Use of Weapons and Arms Transfer to Parties to the Conflict in Yemen
WILPF has been following the situation in Yemen with great concern. As the High Commissioner states in his report on Yemen to this Council session,[1] the situation has deteriorated significantly […]
Statement by WILPF to the May 2016 Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament
Thank you Chairperson, I’m speaking on behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, which is a partner organisation of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). […]
Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty General Debate
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes the opportunity to address the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. We participated in the negotiation of […]
WILPF Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty Treaty Implementation
As peace talks over the conflict in Yemen collapsed, Saudi Arabia unleashed a new wave of shocking and unacceptable bombing raids in populated areas in Yemen, destroying hospitals, schools, markets, […]
The Extraterritorial Obligations of States Towards Human Rights
Statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Pre-session Review of Germany CEDAW Committee The extraterritorial obligations of States towards human rights Germany must prevent arms exports […]
CEDAW Statement: Creating an International Gender and Peace Agenda: Transnational Companies, Weapons and VAW
For the 64th session of the CEDAW committee, France is going to be reviewed. WILPF issued a report on the violations by France of women’s human rights. We wish have raised three […]
Resolution: The Provision of Gender-Sensitive Support to Syrian Women Refugees
The International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting June 2016, Recalls WILPF’s opposition to military intervention as a means to bring about regime change, our […]
WILPF Statement: Developing the Interpretation of the Covenants Due Diligence and Extraterritorial Obligations
Fifty years after the ground-breaking signature of the Covenants on Human Rights these continue to be as relevant and necessary for humankind as they were in 1966. We must recognise […]
Developing the Interpretation of the Covenants Due Diligence and Extraterritorial Obligations
High-Level Panel on 50th Anniversary of Human Rights Covenants Fifty years after the ground-breaking signature of the Covenants on Human Rights these continue to be as relevant and necessary for […]
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Human Rights, with an Emphasis on the Right to Development”
Statement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on the Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming Sustainable Development and Disarmament Goal 16 of the SDGs on […]