HRC35: Statement on Ukraine – the Impact of Interventions by International Financial Institutions on Women
Written statement to the 35th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (Geneva, 6 – 23 June 2017) The lowering of social standards and narrowing of access to social […]
USA’s Arms Transfers to Countries Where Child Soldiers Are Used
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its review of the USA’s combined Third and Fourth Periodic Report submitted under article 8 (1) of the Optional […]
Message in Support of The Palestinian Political Prisoners
We, the undersigned, are the participants of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s convening Reclaiming the United Nations as a peace organisation taking place in Geneva, April 26-28, […]
Families for Freedom: Combating Arbitrary Detention Must Be the Priority of Syria’s Peace Talks
Statement made at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February to 24 March 2017) for the High-Level Panel Discussion: Human Rights Situation in Syrian Arab Republic […]
HRC34: Statement on Remedy the Collective Failure in Syria – Cut Arms and Sponsor Peace!
Statement made at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February to 24 March 2017) under Item 4: General Debate on Human Rights Situations requiring the Attention […]
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 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, […]
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: 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 […]