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Housing is more than shelter. It is a fundamental determinant of health, safety, and well-being. Migrants, particularly those with irregular status, face systemic barriers to securing safe housing, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation, ill health, displacement, gender-based violence, and human rights violations. In Canada, many migrant workers, especially in agricultural and caregiving sectors, and international students endure overcrowded and unsafe conditions with little recourse when facing exploitation, violence, or eviction.

The ability of the international human rights system - and, in particular, the multilateral institutions tasked with advancing human rights for all - has long been questioned by feminist and social justice activists. Join us for this exciting conversation, which will interrogate where collective advocacy should be headed and the possibilities for feminist collective action and mobilisation.

Why is a human rights-based approach necessary to prevent and eliminate maternal mortality and morbidity? How do we deal with structural and systemic discrimination in policy and programming? Join this discussion that will highlight why strengthening health systems, removing barriers to accessing health care and ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights is necessary to improve women and girls’ health.

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action have long been heralded as a pivotal moment in the recognition of women’s rights. While feminists fought fearlessly for a declaration many also noted its shortcomings. Those concerns remain relevant today.

The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 24 February to 4 April 2025. Once again, the session will not be hybrid because of the absence of a mandate from the General Assembly to retain remote participation. This will not affect pre-recorded statements at all debates, panels and discussions as well as the webcasting on UN Web TV of the public meetings scheduled in the Programme of Work.

La sesión 58° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se desarrollará del 24 de febrero al 4 de abril de 2025. Una vez más, la sesión no tendrá un formato híbrido porque la Asamblea General no ha ordenado que se continúe con la participación virtual. Esto no afectará la posibilidad de utilizar intervenciones pregrabadas en todos los debates, mesas redondas y discusiones, y tampoco la transmisión de las reuniones públicas incluidas en el Programa de Trabajo por la señal de televisión digital de la ONU.

The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 24 February to 4 April 2025. La 58e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH) de l’ONU se déroulera du 24 février au 4 avril 2025. Une fois de plus, la session ne sera pas hybride vu l’absence de mandat de l’Assemblée générale de maintenir la participation à distance. Cela n’affectera pas les déclarations préenregistrées dans tous les débats, panels et discussions, ni la diffusion sur UN Web TV des réunions publiques prévues dans le Programme de travail.

In 2024, we deepened our work on the political economy of sexual rights and on linking the impacts of various global crises, the unequal power relations between the Global North and the Global South, and the harmful excesses of unbridled capitalism to the full realisation of rights for the global majority.

The 47th session of the Universal Periodic was held from 4 to 15 November 2024. 14 Countries were reviewed during the session: Norway, Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan, Dominica, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Qatar and Nicaragua.