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  • HRC46 Concept note on human rights mainstreaming

    Uploaded on February 19, 2021

    Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming

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  • HRC46 Concept note on the rights of persons with disabilities

    Uploaded on February 19, 2021

    Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities

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  • HRC46 Concept note on the death penalty

    Uploaded on February 19, 2021

    Biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty

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  • HRC46 Concept note on rights of the child

    Uploaded on February 19, 2021

    Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child

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  • Treaty Monitoring Bodies

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  • Joint Response To The Draft CMW Draft General Comment No. 5 (2020) On Migrants’ Rights To Liberty And Freedom From Arbitrary Detention

    Uploaded on January 27, 2021

    This submission is made on behalf of 12 civil society organizations and individuals working on issues concerning gender, sexuality and migration from different perspectives. We commend the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) for addressing the pressing issue of migrants’ rights to liberty and freedom from arbitrary detention and welcome the opportunity to provide inputs to the Draft General comment No. 5 (2020) on migrants’ rights to liberty and freedom from arbitrary detention in a very critical time given the COVID-19, discriminatory government response against the migrant workers during the pandemic and worryingly increasing incidents and crackdown against migrant workers globally. We believe that integrating a clear intersectional and gender analysis will further strengthen the draft general recommendation and set out some analysis and recommendation below for the Committee’s consideration.

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  • Submission to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in preparation for a Draft General Comment No. 5 on Migrants’ Right to Liberty and Freedom from Arbitrary Detention

    Uploaded on January 27, 2021

    This submission urges the Committee to clearly recognize that any deprivation of liberty resulting from discriminatory laws, regulation and policies or their discriminatory application is by definition arbitrary and breaches the right of equal protection before the law. Discriminatory laws, policies and regulations addressing migration and beyond have a disproportionate negative impact on migrant women, adolescents, sex workers, people living with HIV, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex persons, persons with disabilities, and anyone who is perceived to have transgressed sexual and gender norms. In the context of migration and detention, such individuals and groups are more likely to suffer compounded rights violations. As a result, States cannot hold them in detention in relation to migratory measures and must always provide alternatives to detention.

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  • Submission on the Draft GR on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration

    Uploaded on January 27, 2021

    The suggested changes to the General Recommendation proposed in this document are based on following overarching principles, a) the framework for any legislation, policy or programme including criminal laws to address trafficking should respect, protect and fulfill human rights and fundamental freedoms, b) prevention and elimination of human rights violations including trafficking is achieved by addressing root causes which include patriarchal norms c) any anti-trafficking measures undertaken should be in consultation with and participation of women and persons affected d) upholding women’s and girls’ autonomy should be the goal of all anti-trafficking measures.

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  • Submission to the CEDAW Committee on GR Trafficking

    Uploaded on January 27, 2021

    This submission argues that the concept of trafficking should be debunked to give way to policies that ensure migrant rights and address migrant labour. In doing this, it deals with the definition of trafficking in the Convention and its consequent impact on women and girls, especially in the context of migration. The CEDAW Committee now has an opportunity to reframe the understanding of state obligations and standards on the issue of trafficking from a gender perspective, so that it is grounded in human rights and upholds bodily autonomy of women and girls.

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  • Submission to the Human Rights Committee in preparation for a General Comment on Article 21 (Right of Peaceful Assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

    Uploaded on January 27, 2021

    This submission suggests the Committee (1) develops a comprehensive interpretation that recognizes the inextricable connection amongst the rights to peaceful assembly (ICCPR 21), freedom of expression (19), and freedom of association (22) and; (2) implements the strict tests of necessity and proportionality for restrictions of these rights. The lack of a cross-cutting standard for the restriction of these rights particularly affects those who are perceived to have transgressed sexual and gender norms.

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  • Special Procedures

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    Submissions on UN Special Procedures
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  • UPR Submission 38th Session

    Uploaded on December 16, 2020

    The SRI collaborated on submissions for Denmark, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, and Paraguay.

    Submissions
  • Joint Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women its Causes and Consequence

    Uploaded on December 16, 2020

    This joint submission in response to the questionnaire by the Special Rapporteur provides context to the analysis on laws on violence against women. As a critical aspect to understanding laws on rape and other forms of sexual violence, this submission locates penal laws within the larger structural paradigm that dictates and influences the enactment and implementation of these laws and policies. It provides critical analysis of the harms of carceral approaches or approaches that rely on punishment and incarceration, when addressing gender-based violence. It argues that the report of the Special Rapporteur is an opportunity to lay down clear frameworks on consent and to counter paternalistic and essentialist discourses.

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    Gender-based violence
  • Joint Statement: Informal Conversation on Implementation of HRC ‘Efficiency’ Measures (PRST/OS/13/1)

    Published on December 03, 2020

    We make this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

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  • Everything You Need to Know About UPR 36

    Published on November 26, 2020

    The 36th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held in Geneva, from November 2 to 13, 2020.

    Fourteen countries were reviewed during UPR36: Andorra, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Panama, and the United States

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  • Recomendaciones sobre Derechos Sexuales en EPU36

    Published on November 26, 2020

    La 36° sesión del Examen Periódico Universal (EPU) se celebró en Ginebra del 2 al 13 de noviembre de 2020

    Catorce países fueron examinados durante el EPU36: Andorra, Bielorrusia, Bulgaria, Croacia, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Libia, Malawi, Maldives, Islas Marshall, Mongolia, Panama, Estados Unidos

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  • Points saillants de l’EPU36

    Published on November 26, 2020

    La 36e session de l’Examen périodique universel (EPU) s’est déroulée du 2 au 13 novembre 2020 à Genève.
    Quatorze pays ont été examinés lors de cette session : Andorre, Bélarus, Bulgarie, Croatie, États-Unis, Honduras, Îles Marshall, Jamaïque, Libéria, Libye, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolie, Panama,

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  • Joint letter in solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

    Published on November 20, 2020

    Joint civil society letter on the arrest and detention of EIPR human rights defenders.

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  • Did you miss it? Here’s what happened at HRC 45!

    Published on October 14, 2020

    The 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from September 14th to October 7th, 2020.

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  • ¿Te lo perdiste? Aquí está todo lo que pasó en la 45CDH

    Published on October 14, 2020

    La 45a sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se llevó a cabo del 14 de septiembre al 7 de octubre de 2020.

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  • Vous l’avez manquée? Voici ce qui s’est produit lors de la 45e session du CDH!

    Published on October 14, 2020

    Le Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH) des Nations Unies a tenu sa 45e session du 14 septembre au 7 octobre 2020.

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  • HRC 45: Joint Statement on Youth SRHR

    Uploaded on October 13, 2020

    Annual Discussion on integration of a gender perspective
    Joint CSO statement urging member states to take an intersectional approach when addressing discrimination against and SRHR of young people and adolescents

    Statement
  • HRC 45: Joint Oral Statement on toxic waste

    Uploaded on October 13, 2020

    Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes
    Joint1 Oral Intervention

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  • A/HRC/45/L.48/Rev.1

    Uploaded on October 13, 2020

    Rights of the Child

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  • A/HRC/45/L.56

    Uploaded on October 13, 2020

    Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport (A/HRC/45/L.56, WITHDRAWN)

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