World-first publication on gender mainstreaming for National Human Rights Commissions and Institutes
The APF has just published a world-first guide to support national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in their efforts to promote gender equality. The Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls into Our Everyday Work provide practical advice on...
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: States must act on ‘disappearances’ of migrants
Progressively more precarious movements of migrants undertaking long and perilous journeys – often as a result of States’ rigid migratory policies – expose many to heightened risks of human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, UN experts* say....
Lebanon violates Convention on the Rights of the Child by detaining migrant family facing deportation and separation
– Lebanon’s General Security has detained a Sudanese-Sri Lankan family of seven, including four children under age 18, threatening to deport the parents to different countries for lacking residency papers, the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), Amnesty International, Human...