The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR, www.ishr.ch) follows and reports on the key developments and discussions that occur within the UN’s main human rights forums. View the report from the 42nd meeting in Geneva.
Global Monitoring Checklist on Women, Peace and Security
GAPS (Gender Action For Peace And Security) contribution by NIWEP
Advancing Women’s Equality through European Policy and International Conventions
The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is looking for organizations, researchers and/or activists interested in producing brief reports (5 pages) on pressing concerns in their countries with respect to Sexual Rights issues, including (but not limited to) reproductive rights, sexual diversity, sexuality education, HIV/AIDS, etc. to be submitted for the 6th round of the Universal Periodic Review in the UN Human Rights Council. These are the countries to be reviewed in the 6th UPR:
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Please find attached an information sheet from SRI. Applications are open until February 27. Please address your enquiries to alejandra@mulabi.org or marina@mulabi.org — correspondence may be in English, French or Spanish.