Joint civil society statement: Repeal punitive laws against poverty and inequality
July 2024
In June 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing issued their study Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty. This study was welcomed by the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, the Women and Harm Reduction […]
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Press Release – United Nations: 28 States call for legal gender recognition based on self-identification
March 2023
For the first time at the United Nations, a cross-regional group of 28 countries has called for laws and policies that allow legal gender recognition based on self-identification. Countries called on other States to “implement laws and policies that allow the recognition of gender identity based on self-identification”, and to “redouble efforts to prevent 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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Joint Civil Society Submission on UN Secretary General’s Report on the Status of the Human Rights Treaty Body System
January 2022
This joint statement prepared by TB-Net (NGO Network on UN Treaty Bodies), Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights outlines the organisations’ views on the status of the UN human rights treaty body system for the UN Secretary-General’s report to the General Assembly. PDF | Word
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TB-Net Statement at the 33rd Meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies
June 2021
This joint statement on behalf of the seven organisations which form TB-Net was delivered at the 33rd Meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies held on 7-11 June 2021. PDF | Word
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Joint Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian People and Call to End the Israeli Occupation
June 2021
Presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 30th Special Session on the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, this joint statement was made on behalf of eight women’s rights and feminist organisations and activists from across the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people. English: PDF | Word […]
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Statement on Ensuring Protection of Rights of Sex Workers as Vulnerable Workers and Rights-Holders in the Global Economy
May 2021
Published jointly with the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), this statement provides supplemental information about the rights of sex workers within the context of UNGPs implementation. PDF | Word
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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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Statement on the Human Rights Obligation to Ensure Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
March 2021
IWRAW Asia Pacific, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, and the Sexual Rights Initiative delivered an Item 3 General Debate statement on the human rights obligation to ensure equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly to highlight civil society perspectives from the Global South at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council. Duration: […]
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Collective NGO Statement to the 77th CEDAW Session
October 2020
This statement was delivered to the 77th CEDAW session on 28 October 2020, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement, in English and Spanish, was compiled from information shared by 27 national, regional and international women’s rights defenders, organisations and coalitions whose participation in the session was limited due to the postponement of […]
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