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...
Following IBFAN-GIFA’s joint advocacy with other public interest NGOs and social movements, the Committee on the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women has released its new General Recommendation No 34 on Rural Women which, among other recommendations, urges countries to take specific measures...
On November 23, IBFAN-GIFA took part in a panel discussion organized by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation on the issue of Working towards an enabling environment for the promotion and protection of the rights to water, land and food – Linking...
On behalf of IBFAN, Mike Brady, Campaigns Coordinator at Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK, took part in a panel discussion on Challenges and Opportunities of a Treaty Addressing Corporate Abuses of Human Rights on November 18, 2015. This event was jointly organized...
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...
