WIEGO – Women in Informal Employment Globalizing & Organizing
Link to Full 4-Page 2015 Document:
http://wiego.org/sites/wiego.org/files/resources/files/Sinha-Myths-Facts-Home-Based-Workers.pdf
“There is no peace and security without democratic governance and development. We need to invest in the rule of law and human rights,” opened George Mukundi Wachira, Head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, African Union (AU) Commission at the Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law's 4th Annual Conference. The event brought together 200 policymakers, researchers and practitioners working in the fields of security and justice. IDLO was one of 30 organizations represented to present leading knowledge around innovative approaches to rule of law programming and policy.
IDLO co-hosted a parallel session with the Van Vollenhoven Institute and CORDAID entitled: Linking informal and formal justice systems in fragile and conflict-affected states. In this session, IDLO was able to share original research findings to inform future rule of law and justice programming. Experts began the session by acknowledging that state-centric approaches to strengthening access to justice have failed to address the needs of populations in fragile or conflict-affected countries. The state is often absent, and, if justice is delivered, it is often delayed and ineffective. Limited success of state systems enforces reasons why people resort to local sources of justice.
Link to Full 13-Page 2016 Publication – End FGM European Network
http://www.endfgm.eu/editor/files/2016/05/End_FGM_Asylum_Guide.pdf
Greetings from IWRAW Asia Pacific!
The Nineteenth Meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was held on 21 June 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The purpose of the meeting was to elect individuals to fill the eleven positions on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women which will become vacant on 31 December 2016.
The following candidates were elected. The elected members will begin their term in January 2017 and their mandates will expire in December 2020.
Ms. Nicole Ameline (France)
Mr. Gunnar Bergby (Norway)
Ms. Marion Bethel (Bahamas)
Ms. Hilary Gbedemah (Ghana)
Ms. Nahla Haidar (Lebanon)
Ms. Dalia Leinarte (Lithuania)
Ms. Rosario G. Manalo (Philippines)
Ms. Theodora Nwankwo (Nigeria)
Ms. Bandana Rana (Nepal)
Ms. Wenyan Song (China)
Ms. Aicha Vall Verges (Mauritania)
IWRAW Asia Pacific congratulates the re-elected and the newly elected members of the CEDAW Committee. We welcome the new members and look forward to continued and strengthened engagement with the CEDAW Committee.
UN CEDAW Committee Website: http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
Извор: WUNRN – 27.06.2016
Website of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Torture/SRTorture/Pages/SRTortureIndex.aspx
Direct Link to Full SR 23-Page 2016 Report: http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/HRC/31/57&Lang=E
In this Report, the Special Rapporteur assesses the applicability of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law to the unique experiences of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
