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ICC Principals adopt High-Level Statement on Gender Equality: “Gender equality is not only right and necessary but a driver of performance and success for the organisation” ​On 30 April 2021, Judge Piotr Hofmański, President of […]

Academic article : The rhetoric of love in religious peacebuilding, by Tale Steen-Johnsen We are bringing to your attention this insightful academic article by Tale Steen-Johnsen, which explores the question of religious peacebuilding and the […]

  Afghanistan:  Joint call for an immediate end to attacks against human rights defenders and need for protection and accountability The threats, harassment, intimidation and attacks against human rights defenders, activists, journalists and media workers in Afghanistan […]

ICAN May 17th 2021 On May 7th, the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) hosted a high-level discussion featuring key Afghan women and policy leaders long engaged in the situation in Afghanistan. In […]

  Two writers discuss the rewriting of history, culture wars, multiple identities and the storyteller’s duty to speak up. In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, renowned novelist and academic Elif Shafak sits down with award-winning […]

In Israel, campaigns to discredit Israeli, Golan Palestinian human rights defenders. Geneva-Paris, April 27, 2021 — From slander and campaigns to deter donors, to restrictive legislation and judicial obstruction, the Israeli Government’s smear and harassment […]

  Afghanistan women and girls fall victim to violence once more. According to the Afghan War Casualty Report, May 2021 marks the highest number of humans killed and injured since October last year. Many believe […]

AFGHANISTAN: Urgent action needed to protect women rights defenders Paris-Geneva, April 14, 2021 – Women human rights defenders in Nangarhar Province are at high risk of being killed following death threats issued by the Islamic […]

197th Dialogue “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z”: in the wake of decades of struggle against anti-women violence   A report on the conference launching Words Matter Campaign: 61 words, 61 […]

Paris-Geneva, March 4, 2021 – Over the past five months, the situation of human rights defenders and journalists has deteriorated significantly in Afghanistan, with at least fourteen targeted killings and constant harassment reported. The Observatory […]