UN CEDAW Committee Finds the Philippine Government Accountable for Grave and Systematic Violations of Women’s Rights under CEDAW

UN CEDAW Committee Finds the Philippine Government Accountable for Grave and Systematic Violations of Women’s Rights under CEDAW; CEDAW to Review the Philippines for its Compliance of CEDAW in July 2016 (In Re Manila EO 003 Series of 2000 and EO 030 Series of 2011) Quezon City, May 3, 2015 – “The United Nations Committee … Lire la suite →

Sexualized violence in the Colombian conflict – a matter for the International Criminal Court

PRESS RELEASE Colombian organizations submit criminal complaint against Colombia Berlin/Bogotá/The Hague 27/04/2015 – In 2014 an average of two women were raped every three days in the course of the armed conflict in Colombia. Yet to date there have been very few convictions for sexualized violence – and no convictions at all in cases in which … Lire la suite →