In the first week of December, breastfeeding advocates from 8 countries participated in the third round of trainings on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative and World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative, organised by BPNI/IBFAN Asia. The group met in Vilnius, Lithuania,...
From September 11 to 29, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 76th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the...
From 13 to 30 September 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 73rd Session in Geneva, while the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR Committee) held its 59th session from 19...
On 22 November 2016, a group of United Nations experts constituted by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, Right to Health, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in law and in practice, and the Committee on...
(picture: UNICEF) On 23 September 2016, on behalf of IBFAN, IBFAN-GIFA took part in the 2016 Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child which topic was Children’s Rights and the Environment. Read IBFAN-GIFA...
On 15 and 16 September 2016, the Committee of the Rights of the Child reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in New Zealand. On this occasion, IBFAN submitted a short report highlighting the main...
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. The negative impacts of pollution and climate change affect all people, but especially the world’s most vulnerable population: newborns, infants and young children, whose immune and...
La Suisse doit intensifier ses efforts visant à protéger, promouvoir et soutenir l’allaitement maternel, selon le Comité des Droits de l’Enfant de l’ONU. A l’occasion de la célébration de la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel à Genève et d’Alternatiba...
Le Comité de l’ONU relatif aux Droits de l’Enfant recommande à la Suisse de veiller à ce que les recommandations nationales concernant l’allaitement maternel soient conformes aux recommandations de l’OMS
Geneva, July 10 — The first session of the historic United Nations negotiations towards a treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to human rights concluded today, following five days of inspiring talks on the...