Resolution: Supporting the Development of an International Treaty to Ensure Accountability for Human Rights Violations Resulting from Actions by Corporations
Read the Spanish version below The International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting June 2016, Denouncing the militarisation imposed by large corporations, which sometimes use […]
HRC38: Statement on the UN Report on Extreme Poverty in the USA
22 June 2018 Statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UN Human Rights Council 38th session (18 June to 6 July 2018) Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue […]
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 […]
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 […]
WILPF Position On The Attack On The French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo – JeSuisCharlie
On Sunday 11 January, the streets of Paris filled with demonstrators, cities around the world joined in solidarity with those who protested the killings of the journalists of Charlie Hebdo… […]
Statement on Military Expenditures
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes the Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, particularly the multiple references to military […]
Statement by WILPF India on CEDAW Comittee’s Review of India – 58th Session
Women’s Participation and UNSCR 1325 Structural and institutional inequality persisting in India is the major cause of the various forms of discrimination against women, which manifests itself in all public […]
Include the Root Causes of War in the UN Declaration on the Right to Peace
WILPF text suggestions to the UN Declaration on the Right to Peace Peace cannot be understood as the mere state of absence of violent, peace is a composit and to […]
Open Letter to the Friends of 1325: Recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Post2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Dear Friends of Women Peace and Security, On 14-18 July the General Assembly (GA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will hold its final session. Member States […]
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women’s Report to the Human Rights Council on India
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes Rashida Manjoo’s visit to India and her close collaboration with civil society. Despite the existence of a solid legislative framework to […]