Committee on Migration’s Advocacy Letter Opposing the US Muslim Ban
Advocacy letter that was sent to the 193 UN Member States, the Secretary General, the President of the General Assembly, and several agencies including […]
Open Letter on Women’s Rights in Iraq
In September 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a special session on the human rights situation in Iraq and adopted a resolution to dispatch a mission to Iraq to […]
2nd Seven Special Rapporteurs Report on the DRC
Thank you, Chairperson. I speak on behalf of the section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Local conflict and 400 […]
Truly Address Israel’s Stranglehold on Palestine
Thank you Chairperson for giving us the floor. We thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights for her report. We are dismayed that on the whole nothing of any significance […]
Situation of Human Rights in Burma
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance-follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Joint Statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom […]
The Adverse Effects Of The Illicit Movement And Dumping Of Toxic And Dangerous Products And Wastes On The Enjoyment Of Human Rights
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom thanks the Special Rapporteur for his report and welcomes the thematic focus on the right to information and participation. We urge states, […]
On the second optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Point 3: Promotion et protection de tous les droits de l’homme Rapport du Groupe de travail, à composition non limitée, chargé d’élaborer un Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international […]
Effects of Economic Reform on Women
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) UK Section would like to bring to Mr Bernards Mudho and representatives’ attention to the impact of these reforms on women, and […]
Violence Against Women
Thank you Mr. President. Women’s international League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) UK section welcomes the examination of the intersections between culture and violence against women by the Special Rapporteur. […]
Situation of Human Rights in Columbia
Thank you Mr. President. We wish to refer to the High Commissioner’s report on the human rights situation in Colombia, specifically as it concerns women. As the report points out […]