“Justification was not provided”: Visa Inequalities and the Violation of the Rights of Global South Activists to Representation at the United Nations in Geneva, 2023-2024
February 2025
This document is a follow-up to the shadow report submitted by IWRAW Asia Pacific in September 2022 for Switzerland’s review during the 83rd CEDAW session. Titled ‘Switzerland as Gatekeeper: The impact of visa application processes on Global South civil society representation at the United Nations’, the report addressed Switzerland’s unique position as host to the […]
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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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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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