WILPF’s Recommendations For The Pre-Session Of The Universal Periodic Review Of Italy
In 2014 the Comitato Interministeriale per i Diritti Umani (CIDU) of the Italian Foreign Ministry organised three meetings on 17th April, 30th July and 10th September 2014 to present the […]
Statement on the Situation of Civilian Detainees in Syria
The Syrian regime has systematically used arbitrary detention and torture to target civilians and put them beyond the protection of the law. The deterioration of the rule of law and […]
Statement on the Right to Peace
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes the work of the intergovernmental working group in charge of drafting a Declaration on the Right to Peace. However, WILPF regrets […]
Statement on Armed Drones and International Law
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is extremely concerned with the use of armed drones both for extrajudicial killings outside of armed conflict and to conduct attacks […]
Statement on the UPR of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Women’s political participation is an essential element in the peace-making process, not only to resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to guarantee that women’s […]
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 […]
Joint Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Iraq
Joint statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and MADRE for the Human Rights Council’s special session on the human rights situation in Iraq Distinguished members of […]
NGO Joint Statement on Diversity and Human Rights
Our organizations, representing a wide range of civil society from all regions of the world, urge the UN Human Rights Council to ensure the Panel discussion entitled “protection of the […]
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 […]
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 […]