Geneva, 15 March 2016 At a side event to the 31th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, organised by the...
UNHRC: NPWJ Secretary General calls for ending repression and promoting meaningful political reform in Bahrain
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International Women’s Day: NPWJ salutes women’s fight for human rights worldwide
Brussels – Rome, 8 March 2016 Statement by Alvilda Jablonko, Director for Gender and Human Rights of No Peace...
Bahrain: NPWJ and the NRPTT strongly condemn new sentence of imprisonment against opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif
Brussels – Rome, 25 February 2016 Yesterday, Bahrain’s fourth Criminal Court sentenced Ibrahim Sharif, prominent...
Syria: NPWJ organises a workshop on “Promoting accountability through UN mechanisms with a focus on women and children”
Istanbul, 20-23 February 2016 The conflict in Syria continues to claim staggering numbers of lives, with attacks...
Emma Bonino in collegamento con Ballarò dalla città turca Gaziantep vicina al confine con la Siria
"Sei paesi che di fronte a questa situazione chiudono le frontiere è un'immagine dell'Europa che francamente non...
APEGDH and NPWJ organise a national workshop on “BANFGM: towards the elimination of female genital mutilation” in Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania, 8-9 February 2016 On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital...
NPWJ report on the fourteenth Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court
7 February 2016 From 18 to 26 November 2015, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court...
GAMCOTRAP and NPWJ organise a national workshop to foster implementation of the law banning FGM in The Gambia
Banjul, Gambia, 6 February 2016 On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital...
“International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation”: NPWJ appeals to all States to enact and enforce legislation banning this human rights violation
6 February 2016 Today marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, a day when we...