HRC 57: SRI & Students from the Geneva Graduate Institute statement to the Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the HRC
HRC 57: NSWP & SRI Statement on General debate item 3
HRC 55: Canadian Civil Society Joint statement to Canada's UPR adoption
HRC 55: #EmptyChairs campaign statement to the Item 5: Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
HRC 55: Joint statement to Item 3 General Debate
Opportunities for feminist engagement in the UN human rights system
HRC 53 the PACT, Red Juvenil de Asociación de Mujeres Gente Nueva and SRI Statement to Guatemala's UPR
Akãhatã & SRI Statement to the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Transnational Corporations
HRC 52 SRI Statement to Item 5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms #EmptyChairs
2022 In Review
As we embark on another year of activism for sexual rights, we wanted to share with you our highlights of 2022. While the UN human rights system continues to be confronted by multiple challenges –from funding shortages, geopolitical tensions and polarisation and attempts to undermine multilateralism to the presence and influence of regressive and conservative actors, we have made steadfast progress in advancing sexual rights in this system. Read below for our highlights of 2022.
UPR Submissions - 42nd session
The 42nd session of the Universal Periodic review begins on the 23rd of January 2023. The working group session will take place from 23 January to 3 February 2023. 13 Countries will be under review during the session: Czechia, Gabon, Benin, Switzerland, Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Japan, Sri Lanka and Zambia. In collaboration with our partners, the SRI collaborated on reports for Guatemala, Japan, Pakistan, Switzerland and Zambia.
Statement to the Organisational session for the 17th cycle of the HRC
As observers of the Human Rights Council, we have repeated and continue to repeat our concerns with these so-called efficiency measures. The so-called efficiency measures privilege convenience over the Council's effectiveness, which should concern all of us. The lack of general debates during the June sessions has severely impacted civil society participation. It is particularly true for feminist groups and groups that work on issues of gender and sexuality.
UPR Submissions - 42nd session
The 42nd session of the Universal Periodic review begins on the 23rd of January 2023. The working group session will take place from 23 January to 3 February 2023. 13 Countries will be under review during the session: Czechia, Gabon, Benin, Switzerland, Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Japan, Sri Lanka and Zambia. In collaboration with our partners, the SRI collaborated on reports for Guatemala, Japan, Pakistan, Switzerland and Zambia.
UPR 42 Guatemala Submission - REDJUAMUGEN, The PACT and SRI
This report is submitted by REDJUAMUGEN, The PACT and SRI and the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI). This report is the result of a consultation convened to contribute to the UPR in Guatemala, led and implemented by REDJUAMUGEN, was carried out through a multisectoral analysis. This identified the needs and demands of Guatemalan youth, guaranteeing the gender approach by investigating the current national situation in different sectors, forming a holistic analysis, then generating milestones to formulate recommendations for the country and the diverse Guatemalan youth.
HRC 51 #EmptyChairs Campaign Statement to the Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective to the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms
Statement by the #EmptyChairs Campaign to the Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective to the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
HRC50 - SRI Statement to the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
SRI Statement to the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
HRC50 - SRI Statement on the commemorative event on the occasion of the 50th session of the HRC
SRI Statement on the commemorative event on the occasion of the 50th session of the HRC.
The Human Rights Council will marked its 50th session through a high-level interactive discussion that provided stakeholders an opportunity to reflect on the achievements made and the lessons learned since its 1st session. The following is SRI's statement to this interactive discussion.
UPR Submissions - 40th Session
Joint SRI and national partner submissions on Uganda, Venezuela, and Sudan for the 40th Universal Periodic Review.
HRC 48: Statement for the Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on international order
HRC 48: Item 8 General Debate statement on #EmptyChairs campaign
A/HRC/28/63 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst
A/HRC/28/63 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst
HRC40 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
HRC40 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
HRC40 - Item 3: Interactive Dialogue Special Rapporteurs on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and Torture
HRC40 - Item 3: Interactive Dialogue Special Rapporteurs on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and Torture
HRC28 - Item 3: Clustered ID with the SR on Torture and the SR on HR Defenders
HRC28 - Item 3: Clustered ID with the SR on Torture and the SR on HR Defenders
HRC31 Special Rapporteur on The Situation of Human Rights Defenders
HRC31 Special Rapporteur on The Situation of Human Rights Defenders
HRC34 Item 3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
HRC34 Item 3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
UPR Submissions - 3rd session
UPR Submissions - 3rd session
HRC31- Statement on Human Rights Defenders
HRC31- Statement on Human Rights Defenders
Item 3: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Item 3: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
HRC34 - Item : Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Zimbabwe
HRC34 - Item : Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Zimbabwe
HRC34 - Togo’s Universal Periodic Review
HRC34 - Togo’s Universal Periodic Review
HRC34 - Item 3: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
HRC34 - Item 3: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
A/HRC/34/L.5 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sexual Rights at HRC 40
The 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from February 25th to March 22rd, 2019.
Press Release: African Court denies civil society access to justice
The African Court denies civil society access to justice and fails to pronounce on the independence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
HRC34: Sexual Rights Recap
The 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from the 27th of February to the 24th of March 2017. Here is an overview of resolutions, panel, oral statements and side events related to sexual rights that took place during the session.
Sexual Rights at HRC34
The 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 27 February to 24 March 2017. Find below information about anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports, UPR outcomes and parallel events taking place during the 34th session.
OHCHR Wants to Hear from You! Mapping the History and Achievements of Civil Society
‘Imagining a World Without Participation’: Mapping the History and Achievements of Civil Society
June 2017 thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Source: OHCHR
The space for civil society globally has shrunk dramatically over the last 10 years. In established democracies as well as in autocratic regimes and states in transition, laws and practices constraining freedoms of association and of peaceful assembly have flourished.
Highlights: Sexual Rights at HRC31
The 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from the 29th of February to the 24th of March 2016. Here is a recap of sexual rights related resolutions, panels, statements and events at the session.
Sexual Rights at HRC31
The 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from the 29th of February to the 24th of March 2016. Find below information about anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports, UPR outcomes and parallel events taking place during the 31st session.
Statement: Release Egyptian Journalist Hossam Bahgat
Partners in the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) coalition – Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Akahata, Coalition of African Lesbians, CREA, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and Federation for Women and Family Planning – condemn the detention of Egyptian journalist Hossam Bahgat by the military police.
HRC28: SRI Oral Statements
During the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) collaborated with national-level organizations and advocates to deliver oral statements regarding outcomes from the Universal Periodic Review ‘s (UPR) of Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador and Madagascar. Responses were also prepared for Egypt and Iran but not delivered due to time limitations
Sexual Rights at HRC 28
The 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from the 2nd to the 27th of March 2015.
SRI partners sign on to Joint Statement on ‘Human Rights for All in the Post-2015 Development Agenda’
Human rights have surged to the forefront of the debate about what will succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. As human rights and social justice organizations worldwide, we feel compelled to lay out some of the baseline implications of embedding human rights into the core of the sustainable development agenda this time around.