Statement on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria
WILPF welcomes the Commission of Inquiry’s continued efforts to highlight the grave human rights situation in Syria but remains concerned about the Syrian government’s persistent denial of access into its […]
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 by WILPF to the May 2016 Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament
Thank you Chairperson, I’m speaking on behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, which is a partner organisation of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). […]
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, […]
The Extraterritorial Obligations of States Towards Human Rights
Statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Pre-session Review of Germany CEDAW Committee The extraterritorial obligations of States towards human rights Germany must prevent arms exports […]
CEDAW Statement: Creating an International Gender and Peace Agenda: Transnational Companies, Weapons and VAW
For the 64th session of the CEDAW committee, France is going to be reviewed. WILPF issued a report on the violations by France of women’s human rights. We wish have raised three […]
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 […]
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 […]
WILPF Statement on Weapons, Gender-Based Violence, and Women Human Rights Defenders
WILPF has the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of 27 CSOs. We applaud the ambitious and complementary thematic priorities proposed by the Special Rapporteur in her first annual […]