
UN Human Rights Council: report on Fundamentalism, Extremism and Cultural Rights
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima

Sexual Politics in January 2017
In January, the first and foremost events to be reported are avalanche of draconian and regressive policy measures adopted in the chaotic first two weeks

New e-bulletin – ARC International
Once more, Happy New Year! There have been so many things we have been working on during the last months of 2016 that we want

New CRC General Comment on Adolescents
The Committee on the Rights of the Child issued its new General Comment on Adolescents. Among other advancements, the new general comment: Recognizes that states
Sexual Politics Round-up in 2016
As 2017 begins, SPW highlights the main events and trends as well as tensions and challenges traversing sexual politics worldwide. January In January, the Zika

Expert group meeting for the CSW: sex work is work
The preparation of this report was led by Sarah Gammage and Lisa McGowan. They are sincerely grateful to the other drafting committee members, Vanessa Pillay,

Sexual Politics in late October and November 2016
November began with a resounding shift in global politics: Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. As the reactions flooded through the world

UN: Victory for LGBT Rights
A close vote on November 21, 2016, by a United Nations General Assembly committee affirming that the newly appointed UN expert to address violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity should continue his work is a victory for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today.
UN and wonder woman: an ambassador?
The United Nations has chosen Wonder Woman as its honorary ambassador for “the empowerment of women and girls” on the 75th anniversary of her first

AIDS politics: Institutionalization of Solidarity, Exclusion of Context
This timely book, authored by Hakan Seckinelgin (London School of Economics and Political Science), looks critically at the policy response to AIDS and its institutionalization over