Bordering Rights: The globalised double standards of visa regimes
November 2024
“It takes less than a century, it seems, to see the absence of freedom as a natural condition” – Speranta Dumitru, ‘When World Leaders Thought You Shouldn’t Need Passports or Visas’, The Conversation, 27 September 2016. In today’s interconnected world, everyone should have the freedom to travel and pursue opportunities, regardless of nationality or origin. […]
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The UK’s Extraterritorial Obligations and the Right to Health in a Time of Polycrisis
August 2024
This report was submitted on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign (FPV), of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, and the Campaign Against Racism (CAR), to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in advance of its consideration of the 18th and 19th periodic reports of the […]
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“Now Is Not the Time to Stop Running”: Switzerland’s Obligation to Support a Global Public Good Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics
October 2022
Shadow report submitted to the 83rd CEDAW session by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific, Third World Network (TWN) and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine campaign. Connecting the current intellectual property approach adopted by Switzerland to severe and […]
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“The Pandemic is Most Certainly Not Over”: Belgium’s Obligation to Support a Global Public Good Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics
September 2022
Shadow report submitted to the 83rd CEDAW session by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific and Third World Network (TWN), on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine campaign. Connecting the current intellectual property approach adopted by Belgium and the European Union to severe and disproportionate impacts on […]
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19
September 2022
Although the right to the highest standard of health is a universal one, the COVID-19 epidemic did not and does not reflect this. COVID-19 didn’t cause the world’s imbalances, but it didn’t help, either. Neither did the activity (or lack thereof) of individual countries. But there is a way to make States accountable. For the […]
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Switzerland as Gatekeeper: The Impact of Visa Application Processes on Global South Civil Society Representation at the United Nations
September 2022
Shadow report submitted by IWRAW Asia Pacific to the 83rd CEDAW session. Focusing on the issue of border controls and visa processes as a barrier to activists’ engagement at the UN in Geneva, the six-page report examines Switzerland’s obligations under CEDAW, case studies, financial implications for women’s human rights defenders from the Global South, and […]
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Open Letter from SWIFA to Members of Congress, Spain, on Proposed Amendments to the Penal Code
September 2022
The Sex Worker Inclusive Feminist Alliance (SWIFA), of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, calls upon Members of Congress to meaningfully engage with sex workers’ communities and collectives and better understand their lived experiences and concerns. Their experiences and concerns should be taken into account while designing public policies that affect them. Available in […]
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The Impact of the EU’s Opposition to the WTO TRIPS Waiver Proposal on COVID-19 Vaccines: Sweden’s Duties as a Member State and Extraterritorial Obligations under CEDAW
September 2021
Submitted by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific and Third World Network (TWN) on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign, this shadow report to the 80th CEDAW session connects Sweden’s extraterritorial obligations under CEDAW to the severe and disproportionate impacts on the rights of women and […]
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Civil Society Statement in Support of Efforts to Decriminalise Sex Work in Malta and Show Solidarity to the Global Sex Workers’ Movement
April 2021
Published jointly with CREA, GAATW and Amnesty International, this statement welcomes efforts to decriminalise sex work in Malta and show solidarity with the global sex workers’ movement. PDF | Word
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CEDAW in Brief: The UN Convention on the Rights of Women and Switzerland
2020
This video by NGO-Koordination Post Beijing Schweiz provides a quick guide to CEDAW with a focus on its application in Switzerland. Duration: 3:03 Subtitles: English Also available in French, German and Italian.
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