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Published on July 10, 2023
We welcome the recommendations made to Pakistan on protecting women’s rights, the rights of transgender people, and sexual and reproductive rights.
We are concerned by the recent regressive ruling by the Federal Shariat court, which struck down key sections of the Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act 2018.
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Published on July 07, 2023We regret Switzerland’s inconsistent approach to recommendations received on addressing racism and racial discrimination. We remain concerned by structural racism in Switzerland, and its varied manifestations as illustrated through barriers to accessing affordable health services or housing, through restrictive immigration rules and related border harassment, or through a lack of accountability for racial profiling, police harassment, brutality, and murder- as recently exemplified through the acquittal of the police officers who murdered Mike Ben Peter.
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Published on July 07, 2023Although progress has been made in Zambia’s HIV/AIDS response including a general drop in new infections, there has been an increase in new infections amongst youth and adolescents. Zambia needs to increase the roll out of youth-friendly health services, clarify the policy position on the age of consent to health services, and it needs to ensure that young people and adolescents have access to HIV testing, treatment and care.
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Published on July 07, 2023We regret that Guatemala has noted all the recommendations pertaining to the closing of civil society space, creating an enabling environment for civil society organisations to operate, protecting the rights of human rights defenders, and pertaining to meeting its obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil sexual and reproductive rights, the rights of women and the rights of LGBT+ persons.
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Published on July 06, 2023We regret that Ghana has taken such an inconsistent approach to the sexual and reproductive health and rights-related recommendations it received during its UPR review, and regret that the addendum to the report does not provide adequate explanations for the chosen approach.
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Published on July 06, 2023Apreciamos el compromiso de Argentina con el mecanismo del EPU y el apoyo de las recomendaciones relacionadas con los derechos sexuales recibidas. Particularmente aquellas relacionadas con los derechos de las personas LGBTI y las actuaciones del sistema judicial en investigaciones independientes, imparciales y transparentes.
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Uploaded on July 04, 2023
Prepared in response to the call for inputs issued by the Special Rapporteur on the right to development to inform his 2023 thematic reports and priorities for the mandate, this submission recommends adopting an intersectional approach to the right to development by engaging with gender, racial and economic justice, among others.
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Published on June 30, 2023Privatisation and financialization of social protection transfer responsibility and risk, to the individual instead of the state. This has two important consequences: first, it absolves the state from its obligations, and second, structural oppressions, which create and entrench inequalities, continue to operate without any challenge.
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Published on June 30, 2023From the criminalization of abortion in Poland, to the anti-LGBTIQ+ laws being passed in Uganda, racist anti-migrant laws and policies across Europe and North America, and the push for punitive frameworks against sex work; these attacks aim to construct an exclusionary society that reinforces social hierarchies of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, caste, and class. Make no mistake, this is structural and intentional violence.
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Published on June 27, 2023The social and economic development that transnational corporations were supposed to bring is just a distant promise for Global South countries, as extractivism, degradation of natural resources, privatisation of public resources and violations of human rights are a palpable reality.
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Published on June 27, 2023El desarrollo social y económico que se supone traen las corporaciones transnacionales a estos países es solo una promesa lejana, mientras que las violaciones a los derechos humanos y ambientales son una realidad palpable.
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Published on June 26, 2023We are appalled by the government’s egregious human rights violations against migrants at the Belarus border, often pushed back without access to essential health care or deprived of liberty in closed detention facilities. This includes pregnant women, children, and persons with mental health conditions.
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Published on June 22, 2023Technology and digital innovation have advanced health coverage, particularly sexual and reproductive health, providing spaces for youth, adolescents, and other marginalized communities to access these services without stigma. However, it is essential to underline that we are facing a context where regressive actors are using these same digital platforms to assault women human rights defenders, attacking their privacy and propagate misinformation and disinformation, particularly related to abortion, the rights of trans persons, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and comprehensive sexuality education.
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Published on June 22, 2023Feminists have long understood that poverty is the result of violent impoverishment and (neo)colonial economic exploitation. We know that economic justice is essential for the realization of gender justice - just as it is for racial, disability or climate justice. However, members of this Council continue to treat these issues in siloes, or even as competing human rights concerns.
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Published on June 15, 2023The 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 19 June to 14 July 2023. Below you can find information about: Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports UPR outcomes SRI’s online events taking place during the 53rd session
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Published on June 15, 2023La sesión 53° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos se desarrollará del 19 de junio al 14 de julio de 2023. A continuación podrán encontrar información sobre: Resoluciones, paneles e informes previstos relacionados con derechos sexuales Resultados del EPU Eventos virtuales de la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) durante la sesión 53°
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Published on June 15, 2023The 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 19 June to 14 July 2023. Below you can find information about: Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports UPR outcomes SRI’s online events taking place during the 53rd session
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Published on June 08, 2023
Below are some sexual rights-related highlights from each UPR 43 review. This list presents recommendations made related to sexual rights, including State responses to date.
In collaboration with our partners, the SRI submitted reports for Romania and Botswana.
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Published on June 08, 2023
A continuación compartimos algo de lo más destacado en relación a los derechos sexuales para cada uno de los Estados examinados en el EPU 43.
Trabajando en conjunto con otras organizaciones, la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) presentó informes sobre Rumania y Botsuana.
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Published on June 08, 2023
Vous trouverez ci-dessous quelques points saillants relatifs aux droits sexuels dans chaque examen de l’EPU43.
En collaboration avec ses partenaires, la SRI a soumis des mémoires concernant la Roumanie et le Botswana..
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Published on June 08, 2023
For UPR 45 (deadline 18 July) - we are interested in supporting English-language submissions by feminist activists in the review of the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Mauritius, Jordan, Central African Republic, Monaco, Chad, Congo, and Malta.
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Published on June 07, 2023Protectionism views women, girls, and other marginalised individuals as inherently vulnerable and in need of state and patriarchal protection. However, these policies sacrifice autonomy and freedom and do not address systemic inequality and root causes of discrimination and violence. Join us at this side event that delves into the underpinnings and impact of protectionist policies and proposes alternative frameworks including prioritising bodily autonomy.
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Uploaded on June 06, 2023
Whilst the buying and selling of sex is not llegal in Botswana, there are a number of legal provisions in place that prohibit a wide range of activities associated with sex work such as soliciting clients, public indecency or living on the earnings of sex work. This means that sex work is nevertheless criminalised - a status quo that poses a material risk to sex workers, and violates their rights to work, to health, to bodily autonomy and to be free from violence.
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Uploaded on June 06, 2023
In September 2022, SAT Botswana, a youth-focused organisation, convened a workshop to consult with other youth-led and focused organisations, with ten organisations present. The objective of the meeting was to deliberate and develop a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on critical issues, focusing on the state of adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights in Botswana. In addition, the workshop discussed issues concerning adolescents and young people, highlighting some of the increasing sexual health challenges emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Uploaded on June 06, 2023
The Romanian Constitution guarantees equal treatment of all citizens before the law and public authorities, without any privilege or discrimination. This includes explicit reference to sexual orientation as a protected ground, and legal protection against hate crimes. Despite this, Romania is not respecting, protecting and fulfilling a broad range of rights related to sexuality and gender, particularly as pertains to sexual and reproductive health and rights. This failure is marked by an inability to provide adequate access to contraceptives, the lack of accessibility and availability of abortion services despite abortion being legal in the country, and the failure to invest in HIV/AIDS programming to prevent new cases in the country.
