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: Condemning the Sexual Assault and Murder of Okinawan Woman by Former US Marine and Calling for Withdrawal of US military from Okinawa, Japan
The International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting June 2016, Noting that on 19 May 2016, the body of a 20-year old Okinawan woman […]
WILPF Statement on Weapons, Gender-Based Violence, and Women Human Rights Defenders
WILPF has the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of 27 CSOs. We applaud the ambitious and complementary thematic priorities proposed by the Special Rapporteur in her first annual […]
Joint Statement by WILPF and the Network of Eritrean Women on the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
Background WILPF stands in solidarity with the Network of Eritrean women in this statement. Through our work, we campaign for the rights of Eritrean women wherever they may be, but […]
HRC31: Statement on the Elaboration of an International Binding Instrument on Transnational Companies and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights
Declaración oral ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la elaboración de un instrumento vinculante en materia de empresas y derechos humanos 31ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de […]
Open Letter to Members of the European Parliament
Brussels, 5 March 2016 In 2014, half of the world’s refugee population were women and girls. WILPF representatives from 10 European sections met in Brussels to have in depth discussions […]
WILPF Statement to CEDAW Committee’s Review of Spain – 61st Session – Creating an International Gender And Peace Agenda: Transnational companies, Weapons And VAW
In this globalized world, human rights violations are cross-bordering and they cannot be successfully addressed if the response does not take into account this transnational nature. As a consequence, the […]
Statement on the Report of the Human Rights Council on the UPR of Sweden
Statement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on the Report of the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodical Review of Sweden This statement is delivered on […]
Oral Statement on the Report of the Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination against Women
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes the report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, examining discrimination against […]