HRC43: Statement on Egypt

Statement to the UN Human Rights Council 43rd Session (24 February – 20 March 2020) Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Violence against women and girls WILPF welcomes Egypt’s acceptance of […]

HRC43: Statement on Iraq

Statement to the UN Human Rights Council 43rd Session (24 February – 20 March 2020) Item 6: Universal Periodic Review WILPF regrets that Iraq only noted recommendations 147.18 and 147.20 […]

HRC43: Statement on Beijing+25

UN Human Rights Council 43rd session (24 February – 20 March 2020) Statement to High-level panel discussion commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted […]

Statement on the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt

I am Sarah Boukhary, Interim Middle East and North Africa Co-Director at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest international women’s peace organization in the world, founded […]

HRC42: Statement on Libya

Statement on Libya UN Human Rights Council 42nd session (9 – 27 September 2019) Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building-Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s oral update on Libya   […]

HRC42: Statement on the OHCHR Report on Firearms

Statement on the OHCHR Report on Firearms UN Human Rights Council 42nd session (9 – 27 September 2019) Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, […]

HRC42: Statement on Yemen

Statement on Yemen UN Human Rights Council 42nd session (9 – 27 September 2019) Item 2: Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner’s report on Yemen   The Women’s International League […]