Calls and Statements

Participation by Women Even More Urgent in Light of Recent Attacks in Kabul

Source: FIDH New information BHR 006 / 0812 / OBS 048.28 Arbitrary detention /Judicial harassment Bahrain May 29, 2017 30 May 2017 – Nabeel Rajab’s trial related to TV interviews was postponed for the 8th […]

Position of Human Rights Organizations on the 50th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip On the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and […]

Source: UN WHS: New fund launched at UN humanitarian summit to address education in crisis zones   23 May 2016 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced the launch of a new fund […]

20 April 2017 – The ground-breaking, United Nations-backed International Finance Facility for Education is vital to ensure that half of the world’s children don’t miss out on the basic schooling needed to meet the 2030 […]

Special Representative Zerrougui highlighted how children are targets of sexual violence during conflict not only because they are generally physically and mentally more vulnerable than adults, but also because making victims of teens and those who are even younger strikes at the very heart of any given community.

PEN Intl’s 3 year “Make Space” campaign launched 31 May 2017 backed by writers from PEN’s global membership, aims to create opportunities for writers having experienced forced displacement/ living in exile.Through publications, events, advocacy & projects.

Afghan insurgents have stepped up their attacks since the drawdown of NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014, devastating the capital of Kabul with increasingly deadly and brutal assaults and leaving Afghans feeling embattled and exhausted following 16 years of war.

Source: Anti War Literary and Philosophical Selections “To those of us who still retain an irreconcilable animus against war….” Whatever sickening justification may be advanced. David Peterson /Chicago, USA Links to hundreds of writings against […]

Repression and harassment of trade unionists and workers in Iran is part of a systematic denial of the most basic rights of workers , who are subjected to discriminatory and politically motivated laws and a judicial system that is set to silence independent labour movements and other dissidents.