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Guide to HRC for NGO participants
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a Practical Guide to the Human Rights Council for NGO participants at the HRC. The guide simplifies procedures for accreditation, and provides the method for attending HRC sessions including remotely through video conferencing, submitting written statements, making oral statements, and so on. https://bit.ly/1IFceUy
Musawah releases compilation of resources on shariat law
Musawah has released a compilation of resources related to women’s rights in Muslim family law. The compilation is intended for use by activists, human rights experts, and policy makers, to access resources from the academic and policy arenas. https://bit.ly/2ww45E0
Help Age publishes discussion paper on violence against older women
Help Age had published a discussion paper on violence experienced by older women. The paper highlights the frequency with which older persons, especially older women, are subjected to violence, abuse, and neglect, and explores the extent to which violence resulting from the intersections between sex and old age are addressed in international, regional, and national […]
Reports on the economic impacts of child marriage
ICRW and the World Bank have jointly released reports on the economic impacts of child marriage. Based on data collected from Nepal, Ethiopia, and Niger, and already existing data from three other countries, the reports explores the economic consequences of child marriage through health expenditures, educational attainment and labor force participation rates, among other parameters. […]
Plan International launches database on the position of girls rights in international law
Plan International has launched a comprehensive database on girls’ rights in international law. The platform also hosts the full report launched by the organisation titled ‘Girls’ Rights are Human Rights,’ which is a study of the status of girls in international law, and claims to reveal the extent to which the international human rights framework renders […]
Transgender Europe releases report titled ‘the vicious circle of violence: trans and gender-diverse people, migration, and sex work’
The report, in continuation with the Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project, pertains to the TMM data, collected since 2008, and focuses on trans and gender-diverse sex workers, broadly highlighting current trends contributing to the marginalization and exclusion of trans and sex worker communities, such as the criminalization of migration and sex work, the use of […]
Report by Human Rights Watch reveals gross human rights violations against LGBT individuals and forced conversion therapy in China
The HRW report titled ‘“Have You Considered Your Parents’ Happiness?”: Conversion Therapy Against LGBT People in China’ highlights the prevalent practices of public hospitals and private clinics offering “conversion therapy,” which aims to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual, based on the false assumption that homosexuality is a medical or […]
Report on sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Bangladesh by Population Council
In its report titled ‘Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis of Programmatic Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Services,’ the Population Council presents a comprehensive review of the status of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Bangladesh. The report concludes that stigmatisation of sexual and reproductive issues has a significant impact on […]
Centre on the Death Penalty releases report on perceptions of retired judges on death penalty
In a first of its kind report, ‘Matters of Judgment’ maps understandings of the rarest of the rare doctrine among 60 former judges, to get insights into the manner in which judicial discretion is exercised. The study analyses the reasons for the retention and abolition of death penalty, and maps the juridical discourse on death […]
World Bank and Save the Children release brief on limitations of laws addressing child marriage
The brief summarizes findings from respective undertaken by the World Bank and Save the Children on the lack of legal protection against child marriage for girls. The analysis suggests that many countries not only fail to provide effective legal protection against marriage, but also that legal reforms are not sufficient to end the practice. The […]