Responsibility of Japan for military sexual slavery
The following is a joint statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace (WAM), delivered on the occasion […]
Call for Accountability of Private Military and Security Companies
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes the report of the Inter-governmental Working Group on Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), in particular the multiple references to the serious […]
Call for a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organised a Seminar on Human Rights and Climate Change following the September 2011 United Nations Human Rights Council […]
WILPF’s recommendations for the second Universal Periodic Review of Israel
Arms trade Poorly regulated or irresponsible arms transfers have a destabilizing effect on conflict regions. The proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and other conventional weapons fuels armed […]
Defend a Valuable Human Rights Mechanism for All
The State of Israel announced its decision to ‘suspend its cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Human Rights Council (HRC) and its subsequent […]
Effective Remedies for Conflict Related Sexual Violence
Femmes Africa Solidarité, WILPF and World YWCA submit this joint-statement expressing concern that the provision of services and reparations for women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence remains inadequate. Access to […]
Support to the Recovery Process in Haiti: A Human Rights Approach
Thank you Chairperson, The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes this Special Session focused on the future reconstruction of Haiti. This terrible earthquake has once again shown […]
‛You Get What You Pay For- Disarm for Human Rights’
Thank you, Mr President, The realization of human rights will depend upon a transformation of thinking on security; that is, a shift from a paradigm of security assured by military […]
Disarm to Ensure the Right to Food
Thank you, Chairperson, The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes the focus which the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has put in his report on the […]
HRC15: Oral Statement on UPR on Sweden
Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council session 15 Item 6, Consideration of UPR reports, Sweden 22nd of September 2010 Mr Chairperson, Multiple Treaty Bodies have recommended the Swedish government […]