“Family law and similar status or civil laws, in particular, are at the core of power, and it translates into what happens in the economy and society at large. Family law reform is a key priority for women everywhere.” – Yakin Ertürk, former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Women’s Learning Partnership launched its…
Over the last several weeks, the Government of Sudan has made an effort to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country. In a statement on March 31, 2016, 37 Sudanese and international organizations deemed this practice unacceptable and argued that it shows the…
On April 14, a peaceful protest in support of electoral reform organized by the main opposition party, United Democratic Party (UDP), was broken up violently by police. Scores of activists were arrested. Amongst the protesters was Solo Sandeng, the opposition party’s National Organizing Secretary, who later died in police custody of unknown causes. In response to the mass…
On April 12, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Legislation of Kyrgyzstan considered a draft foreign agents law and issued a resolution to recommend the draft law for parliamentary consideration. The Committee considered the draft law and made its resolution in a short time. The participating NGOs did not have opportunity to speak during the…