2014 Human Rights Council
In 2014 the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group reviewed the following states:
- Session 20 (27 October - 7 November 2014): Italy, El Salvador, Gambia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Fiji, San Marino, Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Madagascar, Iraq, Slovenia, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Session 19 (28 April - 9 May 2014): Norway, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan, Dominica, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Qatar, Nicaragua.
- Session 18 (27 January - 7 February 2014): New Zealand, Afghanistan, Chile, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Yemen, Vanuatu, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Comoros, Slovakia, Eritrea, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Cambodia.
In 2014, WILPF’s Human Rights program led WILPF’s engagement on the Universal Periodic Reviews of Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the monitoring, advocacy, and coordination on gender and disarmament issues.
WILPF’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRE SESSION OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF BOLIVIA
WILPF provided recommendations at the Universal Periodic Review of Bolivia on femicide, gender based violence and violence against women, UNSCR 1325 National Action Plan, and CEDAW integration into public institutions.
WILPF STATEMENT ON THE UPR OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
WILPF provided a statement at the Universal Periodic Review of Democratic Republic of the Congo on women’s participation, mining, arms trade and the Arms Trade Treaty, small arms and light weapons, and gender based violence.
Read WILPF advocacy statements, recommendations, and analyses:
- WILPF’s Recommendations for the pre session of the Universal Periodic Review of Bolivia, November 3, 2014
- Statement on the Situation of Civilian Detainees in Syria, September 15, 2014.
- Statement on the UPR of the Democratic Republic of Congo, September 8, 2014
- Statement on the Right to Peace, September 8, 2014.
- Statement on Armed Drones and International Law, September 8, 2014.
- Joint statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and MADRE for the Human Rights Council’s special session on the human rights situation in Iraq, September 1, 2014.
- NGO Joint Statement on Diversity and Human Rights, July 9, 2014.
- Include the Root Causes of War in the UN Declaration on the Right to Peace, June 27, 2014.
- Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women’s Report to the Human Rights Council on India, June 11, 2014.
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