Human Rights
“Words matter because they allow us to keep our eyes open” FIDH launch conference of the Glossary on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
The Glossary on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, from A-to Z was presented in a conference on the occasion of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The A-to Z sheds light on 61 essential terms on SGBV.
Thursday 26 November 2020Release Conference – Glossary on sexual and gender-based violence, from A-to-Z -Online event
FIDH launches the “Glossary on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, from A-to-Z in a webinar with experts on Wednesday, 25 November 2020.
Monday 23 November 2020The Chief of the Australian Defence Force receives the Afghanistan Inquiry report
On 6 November 2020, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC, received the Afghanistan Inquiry report from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF). The independent inquiry was commissioned […]
Wednesday 18 November 2020Australia appoints Afghanistan war crimes prosecutor
A special prosecutor is to pursue war crimes allegedly staged by elite Australian soldiers in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
Thursday 12 November 2020Femicide Watch call 2020
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Simonovic, in 2015, to establish a “femicide watch” and/or observatories on gender related killings of women,
Thursday 12 November 2020Innovating to combat violence against women in the context of COVID19
Webinar exchange between women’s rights defenders from France, Mexico, South Africa, and Tunisia, four countries in which feminist organisations reacted quickly to the exacerbation of violence against women linked to the COVID-19 crisis.
Monday 17 August 2020URGENT APPEAL: The killing of Ms. Fatima Khalil, Donor Liaison Officer at Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), and her driver Mr. Jawid Folad,
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY AFG 002 / 0720 / OBS 075 Killing Afghanistan July 1, 2020 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) […]
Thursday 2 July 2020OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation celebrates 7th annual Human Rights Week in Afghanistan
OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation celebrates 7th annual Human Rights Week In the past seven years, OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has been celebrating the Human Rights Week during the first ten days of December to mark the International […]
Thursday 11 June 2020Happenings in The Hague: An explainer on the recent ICC decision on Afghanistan
It seems the world of international justice was overjoyed on March 5, 2020. What happened? A lot! The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorised the Prosecutor to investigate the crimes against humanity and war […]
Wednesday 11 March 2020On the occasion of 8 March 2020: Women’s rights are curtailed across the globe – VIDEO
FIDH After #MeToo and many similar movements in all regions of the world, the cause of women’s rights has grown in visibility. Watch FIDH Vice President Guissou Jahangiri’s Short video
Friday 6 March 2020
