On International Women’s Day, we, the undersigned organisations, urgently appeal to the international community to significantly bolster its support and actively safeguard the human rights of Afghan...
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President Biden: Restore UNRWA Funding
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Mr. President: We are non-governmental organizations supporting the...
oPt + 1 more
Joint letter on several European governments’ decisions to suspend or review their funding to Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations
In an open letter, Amnesty International and 99 other civil society organisations express serious concern at the EU and several European states‘ decision to suspend or review their funding to...
Joint open letter on transfer of 155mm artillery shells to Israel
Dear Secretary Austin, We, the undersigned humanitarian, national security, human rights, faith-based, civilian protection, and grassroots organizations, write to express our alarm regarding the...
Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives
We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including...
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Call for Ceasefire in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our urgent concern regarding dire and escalating violence in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory, which continues to result in significant...
2023 Carta Abierta a los Representantes Permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas antes del Debate Abierto anual sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad
Estimados Embajadores, Les escribimos antes del Debate Abierto anual sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad (MPS) de este año para instarlos a tomar medidas para hacer realidad la demanda fundamental de la...
Lettre ouverte de 2023 aux Représentants permanents auprès des Nations unies à l’occasion du Débat ouvert annuel sur le programme « femmes, paix et sécurité »
Chères Ambassadrices, Chers Ambassadeurs, Nous nous adressons à vous à l’approche du Débat ouvert sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité pour vous exhorter à mettre en œuvre les principes...
2023 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security [EN/AR/RU]
Dear Ambassadors, We write to you ahead of this year’s annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) to urge you to take action to realize the foundational demand of Resolution 1325...
Joint Statement Urging More Aid, Solidarity and Attention to Sudan Crisis
We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across...
The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution Series - Volume One Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Crime Against Humanity - Part One: Severe Deprivation of the Fundamental Rights to Education, Assembly, and Expression (March, 2023)
If this is done to a racial group in any country, we will be asking questions about persecution as a crime against humanity. What do we call it when it happens to half the population on grounds [of]...
Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan Joint Statement - Afghanistan: Taliban de-facto authorities must end chilling crackdown on dissent
We, the undersigned, express our deepest concern regarding the Taliban’s systematic crackdown on dissent and deepening repression of human rights defenders in Afghanistan. This ongoing crackdown on...
Joint Response to Yemen’s Supertanker Crisis [EN/AR]
An Open Letter to US, UK, EU Member States, and other UN Donor Countries Yemen: Act to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe Oil Tanker Salvage Operation Requires Immediate Funding (Beirut) – Governments...
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End violence and serious human rights violations against Afghan refugees
By Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan World Refugee Day 2022 To mark World Refugee Day, members of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan stand together to honour Afghan refugees around...
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Identifying gender persecution in conflict and atrocities: A toolkit for documenters, investigators, and adjudicators of crimes against humanity [EN/RU]
INTRODUCTION In conflicts and atrocities across the globe, from Iraq to Colombia, armed actors have perpetrated gender-based crimes amounting to persecution as a crime against humanity in an effort...
Urgent Demand To Donors From The Feminist Action For Afghanistan
People of Afghanistan have long faced war, political upheaval, displacement, poverty, food insecurity, violence and gender-based violence, persecution, and violations of their human rights. These...
The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society [EN/AR]
As a group of regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to escalate its attacks to shut...
Urgent Demand to Include Women in All Afghanistan-related Processes and Cease Collaboration with the Elimination of Afghan Women from Public Life
To: The Secretary-General, United Nations, New York Permanent Representatives of Member States to the United Nations, New York and Geneva It has been said and repeated. From the United Nations...
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2021 Carta Abierta a los Representantes Permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas antes del Debate Abierto Anual sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad
Estimados Embajadores, La agenda Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad (MPS) es, en esencia, una agenda liderada por la sociedad civil, que, en asociación con los Estados Miembros y la ONU, presionó para la...
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Lettre ouverte 2021 aux Représentants permanents auprès des Nations unies à l’occasion du Débat annuel sur les Femmes, la Paix et la Sécurité
Chères Ambassadrices, Chers Ambassadeurs, La société civile est au cœur de la lutte pour la mise en œuvre du programme pour les Femmes, la Paix et la Sécurité et a prôné, en partenariat avec les Etat...