Reports and Papers on SGBV & Gender Justice
THERE IS NO CLIMATE JUSTICE WITHOUT GENDER JUSTICE, Equal Measures 2030
WHAT WORKS TO PREVENT CONFLICT RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE REPORT, November, 2022
Direct link to full-64 page report: https://ww2preventvawg.org/evidence-hub/what-works-prevent-conflict-related-sexual-violence-report
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE SEVENTH PERIODIC REPORT OF JAPAN, Convent on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Human Rights Committee, Nov. 3, 2022
The Human Rights Committee released the report, Concluding Observations on the Seventh Periodic Report of Japan. Reiterating its previous recommendations, the committee urges the State party to take immediate and effective legislative and administrative measures to ensure restorative justice for “comfort women.” It also emphasizes the importance of education about the issue.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TELLS TALIBAN TO RESERVE RESTRICTIVE POLICIES ON WOMEN, GIRLS (voanews.com), November 2022
GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN, September 2022
Republic of Korea: UN expert calls for comprehensive transitional justice process to address longstanding violations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Fabián Salvioli, June 15, 2022
Preliminary Observations from the Official Visit to the Republic of Korea by the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Mr. Fabián Salvioli (8 to 15 June 2022), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 14, 2022
2022 REPORT ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY: UN Secretary-General
Direct link to full 31-page UN Secretary-General’s 2022 Report on Women, Peace & Security:
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S-2022-740.pdf
GENDERED & RACIAL IMPACTS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA & COMPLICIT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 2022 Report (2nd Ed.)
Direct link to full 149-page report: d99d2e_9e8afdf437954d4c91984b2e0e9b6bd5.pdf (wecaninternational.org)
UKRAINE - GLOBAL GENDERED IMPACTS OF THE UKRAINE CRISS - Energy, Food Security & Nutrition, 2022
Direct link to full 23-page report: Policy-paper-Global-gendered-impacts-of-the-Ukraine-crisis-en_0.pdf (unwomen.org)
WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY INDEX 2021/22: Inclusion, Justice, Security
Direct link to full 25-page report summary: WPS-Index-2021-Summary.pdf (georgetown.edu)
ORANIZATION REPORT 2021 ON VIOLENCE AGANIST WOMEN
CAMBODIA'S ESCALATING TRAFFICKED BRIDES TO CHINA, May 2022
Direct link to full 44-page report: GITOC-RF-Cambodia-Trafficking.pdf (globalinitiative.net)
“My Life is Not Your Porn”: Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea
Human Rights Watch, June 4, 2021
Direct link to full 103-page report: https://www.hrw.org › southkorea0621_web_1_0PDF
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: AN EMERGING GENDER DIVIDE?
European Parliament, March 2021
E/CN.6/2021/L.3
CSW65 agreed conclusions, March 2021
POSITION PAPER ON HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM REVIEW
Women's Major Group, January 2021
UN SUMMARY OF RULINGS AND VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES ON ABORTION RIGHTS (2020):
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/SexualHealth/INFO_Abortion_WEB.pdf
REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, 2020
FORCED LABOUR, MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
ILO–International Labour Organization
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
VIOLATING RIGHTS: ENFORCING THE WORLD'S BLASPHEMY LAWS
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2020
SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND PREVENTING REOCCURRENCE: ADDRESSING CONFLICTRELATED SEXUAL SLAVERY THROUGH THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY AGENDA
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, December 2020
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS A SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION--FINLAND TO INTRODUCE STRONGER MEASURES TO HELP VICITMS
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland, November 2019
FIGHTING THE LOTTERY OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN RAPE SURVIVORS IN FINLAND
Amnesty International Finnish section, March 2019
2018 GLOBAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
UN Office on Drugs & Crime
EUROPE: RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM RAPE–OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND STATE OF PLAY IN EUROPE AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
Amnesty International, November 2018
WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017
United States
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2242 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2015
DECLARATION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE RULE OF LAW AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
UN General Assembly, 2012
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1820 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2008
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2000
ISSUE OF SYSTEMATIC RAPE, SEXUAL SLAVERY, AND SLAVERY-LIKE PRACTICES DURING ARMED CONFLICTS
Gay McDougall, U.N. Special Rapporteur, 1998
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ITS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES: REPORT ON THE MISSION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND JAPAN ON THE ISSUE OF MILITARY SEXUAL SLAVERY IN WARTIME
Radhika Coomaraswamy, U.N. Special Rapporteur, 1996
BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR ACTION
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
WHAT WORKS TO PREVENT CONFLICT RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE REPORT, November, 2022
Direct link to full-64 page report: https://ww2preventvawg.org/evidence-hub/what-works-prevent-conflict-related-sexual-violence-report
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE SEVENTH PERIODIC REPORT OF JAPAN, Convent on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Human Rights Committee, Nov. 3, 2022
The Human Rights Committee released the report, Concluding Observations on the Seventh Periodic Report of Japan. Reiterating its previous recommendations, the committee urges the State party to take immediate and effective legislative and administrative measures to ensure restorative justice for “comfort women.” It also emphasizes the importance of education about the issue.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TELLS TALIBAN TO RESERVE RESTRICTIVE POLICIES ON WOMEN, GIRLS (voanews.com), November 2022
GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN, September 2022
Republic of Korea: UN expert calls for comprehensive transitional justice process to address longstanding violations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Fabián Salvioli, June 15, 2022
Preliminary Observations from the Official Visit to the Republic of Korea by the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Mr. Fabián Salvioli (8 to 15 June 2022), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 14, 2022
2022 REPORT ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY: UN Secretary-General
Direct link to full 31-page UN Secretary-General’s 2022 Report on Women, Peace & Security:
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S-2022-740.pdf
GENDERED & RACIAL IMPACTS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA & COMPLICIT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 2022 Report (2nd Ed.)
Direct link to full 149-page report: d99d2e_9e8afdf437954d4c91984b2e0e9b6bd5.pdf (wecaninternational.org)
UKRAINE - GLOBAL GENDERED IMPACTS OF THE UKRAINE CRISS - Energy, Food Security & Nutrition, 2022
Direct link to full 23-page report: Policy-paper-Global-gendered-impacts-of-the-Ukraine-crisis-en_0.pdf (unwomen.org)
WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY INDEX 2021/22: Inclusion, Justice, Security
Direct link to full 25-page report summary: WPS-Index-2021-Summary.pdf (georgetown.edu)
ORANIZATION REPORT 2021 ON VIOLENCE AGANIST WOMEN
CAMBODIA'S ESCALATING TRAFFICKED BRIDES TO CHINA, May 2022
Direct link to full 44-page report: GITOC-RF-Cambodia-Trafficking.pdf (globalinitiative.net)
“My Life is Not Your Porn”: Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea
Human Rights Watch, June 4, 2021
Direct link to full 103-page report: https://www.hrw.org › southkorea0621_web_1_0PDF
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: AN EMERGING GENDER DIVIDE?
European Parliament, March 2021
E/CN.6/2021/L.3
CSW65 agreed conclusions, March 2021
POSITION PAPER ON HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM REVIEW
Women's Major Group, January 2021
UN SUMMARY OF RULINGS AND VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES ON ABORTION RIGHTS (2020):
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/SexualHealth/INFO_Abortion_WEB.pdf
REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, 2020
FORCED LABOUR, MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
ILO–International Labour Organization
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
VIOLATING RIGHTS: ENFORCING THE WORLD'S BLASPHEMY LAWS
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2020
SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND PREVENTING REOCCURRENCE: ADDRESSING CONFLICTRELATED SEXUAL SLAVERY THROUGH THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY AGENDA
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, December 2020
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS A SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION--FINLAND TO INTRODUCE STRONGER MEASURES TO HELP VICITMS
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland, November 2019
FIGHTING THE LOTTERY OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN RAPE SURVIVORS IN FINLAND
Amnesty International Finnish section, March 2019
2018 GLOBAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
UN Office on Drugs & Crime
EUROPE: RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM RAPE–OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND STATE OF PLAY IN EUROPE AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
Amnesty International, November 2018
WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017
United States
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2242 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2015
DECLARATION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE RULE OF LAW AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
UN General Assembly, 2012
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1820 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2008
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
2000
ISSUE OF SYSTEMATIC RAPE, SEXUAL SLAVERY, AND SLAVERY-LIKE PRACTICES DURING ARMED CONFLICTS
Gay McDougall, U.N. Special Rapporteur, 1998
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ITS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES: REPORT ON THE MISSION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND JAPAN ON THE ISSUE OF MILITARY SEXUAL SLAVERY IN WARTIME
Radhika Coomaraswamy, U.N. Special Rapporteur, 1996
BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR ACTION
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
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