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Press releases
13 Oct 2021 NPWJ welcomes the UN Child Rights Committee ruling recognising that countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful impact of climate change Read More
12 Oct 2021 Lebanon: NPWJ supports initiative aimed at improving the penitentiary and judicial system and enhance respect of prisoners' rights Read More
12 Oct 2021 NPWJ supports First Summit of Women from the Amazon Basin Read More
10 Oct 2021 NPWJ welcomes abolition of death penalty in Sierra Leone Read More
09 Oct 2021 Ciao Chito, e Grazie Read More
08 Oct 2021 NPWJ welcomes the UN Human Rights Council’s recognition of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment Read More
08 Oct 2021 Conference on “Afghanistan: protecting women and defending human rights” Read More
05 Oct 2021 THE TIME IS NOW! Global Call for the UN Human Rights Council to urgently recognise the Right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment Read More
02 Oct 2021 2 October: Three years of impunity for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder Read More
25 Sep 2021 Tunisia: President’s power grab an alarming slide towards authoritarianism Read More
09 Sep 2021 Open appeal to UN Member States to ensure the adoption of a resolution creating an investigative mechanism on Afghanistan at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council Read More
05 Sep 2021 Indigenous women can have a key role in the fight against climate change and structural discrimination and violence Read More
19 Aug 2021 In Colombia, deforestation is now a crime! Read More
15 Aug 2021 General Comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: NPWJ submission to the CESCR Read More
09 Aug 2021 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People Read More
04 Aug 2021 Ecocide: a crime against the environment that should be recognised under international law Read More
03 Aug 2021 Did you know that NPWJ has a weekly news digest on FGM & Women’s Rights? Read More
28 Jul 2021 La rubrica di NPSG su Radio Radicale Read More
20 Jul 2021 Committee on the Rights of the Child: Joint NGOs LOIPR submission Read More
17 Jul 2021 NPWJ Statement on International Justice Day Read More
16 Jul 2021 High-Level Conference on the Global State of Human Rights Read More
14 Jul 2021 Joint letter: The Critical Need to Renew the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Libya at the Human Rights Council Read More
09 Jul 2021 Saudi Arabia: NPWJ welcomes European Parliament’s resolution condemning use of death penalty in a context of widespread human rights violations Read More
01 Jul 2021 Joint Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for a Fact-Finding Mission in Afghanistan Read More
25 Jun 2021 Human rights and environmental defenders at risk: the case of Ecuador Read More
22 Jun 2021 Guide on the Rights of the Child to support and promote their respect in Libya Read More
19 Jun 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Combatting Stigma, Empowering Survivors and Strengthening Accountability Read More
14 Jun 2021 Open civil society letter to ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Read More
11 Jun 2021 NPWJ organises workshop to enhance Libyan authorities' capacity to report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Read More
08 Jun 2021 Recognition of Bosnian genocide victims: denial no longer an option Read More