📕 New publication! We've just published a summary of a submission, sent to the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. You'll find this summary here: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/resources/in...

📢 Important Update: We are closing our Geneva office As a coalition of partners from across regions and movements who have worked together for more than twenty years to advance sexual rights within the UN human rights system, we want to share this update transparently and collectively.

📢 Calling all feminists! We've compiled a few interesting upcoming opportunities to engage with UN human rights thematic reports and country visits. 🧵 Find all the info here: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2026-ja...

¿Te perdiste lo que pasó en el EPU 50? Esta sesión tuvo lugar del 3 al 14 de noviembre de 2025. En esta sesión fueron examinados 14 países: Bielorrusia, Malawi, Panamá, Andorra, Honduras, Liberia, Mongolia, Maldivas, Bulgaria, Islas Marshall, Jamaica, Croacia y Libia.

Missed what happened at UPR 50? The 50th session of the Universal Periodic Review was held from 3 to 14 November 2025. 13 countries were reviewed during the session: Belarus, Malawi, Panama, Andorra, Honduras, Liberia, Mongolia, Maldives, Bulgaria, the Marshall Islands, Jamaica, Croatia and Libya.

Trajche Janushev from SWAN reflected on rising autoritarianism in its impact on the work of the UN Human Rights Council during our latest side-event at #HRC60  "Criminalisation and shrinking civic spaces are realities of everyday life.

At our latest #HRC60 side-event, María Luisa Peralta from Akãhatã spoke about the different dimensions of care, highlighting its need to be examined by the Council and its link to the right to health and economic, social and cultural rights.

At our latest #HRC60 side-event, Meghan Doherty from @actioncanadashr.bsky.social discussed the importance of the Universal Periodic Review in advancing abortion rights.

Did you miss it? Find out all about #HRC60 in our round-up! www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2025-oc...

Lobna Darwish from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights reflected on gaps and opportunities for sexual rights advocacy at the Human Rights Council during our latest side event at #HRC60:

At our latest #HRC60 side event, Lobna Darwish from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights highlighted the material determinants to sexual and reproductive health and rights, linking economic justice to the realisation of rights and the work of the UN Human Rights Council.

At our latest #HRC60 side event: Sexual Rights at the UN HRC: Past, Present and Future, SRI's partners explored how sexual rights have evolved within the Human Rights Council,

🚨 On 2 October 2025, several members of the @globalsumudflotilla were kidnapped by Israel following an illegal interception of the flotilla boats in international waters.

🚨On 2 October 2025, several members of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were kidnapped by Israel following an illegal interception of the flotilla boats in international waters.

At #HRC60 Carrie Shelver, coordinator of the SRI Geneva office, presented via video a statement recorded earlier this week. Carrie is currently with the Waves of Freedom delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla. As of this morning, her vessel, the Wahoo, has been assumed to have been intercepted.

We just delivered today this year's Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion during the General Debate on Item 8 at #HRC60.This year's statement has been signed by more than 240 organisations and 240 individuals. #AbortionisHealthCare #28Sept

Yesterday, Sept. 28, we marked International Safe Abortion Day. Last week at #HRC60, our partner from Women's Resource Center presented a statement in response to the adoption of Armenia🇦🇲 UPR adoption, highlighting demands to expand access to reproductive services, including abortion:

⚪🟠Join us for International Safe Abortion Day🟠⚪ ⏰ Deadline to sign-on: TOMORROW: 12.00 PM CEST End the reproductive genocide in Gaza! → Sign the #HRC60 joint civil society statement on #abortion : abortionstatement.org #28Sept #SafeAbortionSavesLives

⚪🟠Joignez-vous à nous pour la Journée internationale pour le droit à l'avortement🟠⚪. Il n'y a pas de justice reproductive dans l'apartheid. → Signez notre déclaration au #CDH60 : abortionstatement.org/fr #HRC60 #28Sept #AbortionisHealthCare

Aborto seguro en todos lados. Justicia por Gaza, justicia por Sudán, justicia por Congo. → Firma nuestra declaración conjunta para el #CDH60: abortionstatement.org/es #SeptiembreVerde #28Sept

There is no reproductive justice in apartheid.→ Sign the #HRC60 joint civil society statement on #abortion : abortionstatement.org #28Sept #AbortionisHealthCare

Earlier this week at #HRC60 we presented a statement in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions. @actioncanadashr.bsky.social

Mettez fin au génocide reproductif à Gaza.→ Signez notre déclaration au #CDH60 : abortionstatement.org/fr #28Sept #SafeAbortionSavesLives

Safe abortion everywhere. Justice for Gaza, Justice for Sudan, Justice for the Congo. → Sign the #HRC60 joint civil society statement on #abortion . abortionstatement.org #AbortionisHealthCare #28Sept

📆 Today! If you are in Geneva, come join us for this exciting side event at #HRC60! Room VIII, Palais des Nations 14h00 to 15h00 Not in Geneva? You can listen live here: listen-live.unog.ch/en/meetings/...

Last week, at #HRC60, we presented a statement to the Interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the right to development in collaboration with AWID, Feminist Diplomacy Lab, ILGA World and the Women’s Major Group, commenting on their most recent annual report.

Hoy, nuestro socio Akãhatã ha presentado una declaración en el #CDH60 en el diálogo interactivo con el relator especial sobre el derecho al desarrollo, en respuesta a su informe sobre su visita a Honduras. Lea y escuche la declaración completa aquí: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/es/news/2025...

Are you attending #HRC60❓ Join us in Geneva or virtually for this side event spotlighting the critical role of #humanrights in a sustainable #HIV response. ⏰ Mon 15 Sept @ 1700 CET 📍 Building A, Rm VIII Palais de Nations, Geneva 📺 Livestream: bit.ly/fla-hrc60 Don't miss it!

Are you in Geneva for #HRC60? ⏰ Save the date! Next week we will be hosting a side-event: Sexual Rights at the UN HRC: Past, Present, and Future 📆 17 September 2025 🕰️ 14:00-15:00 CET 📍 Palais des Nations, Room VIII More info about this event here: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2025-se...

The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council starts next week! Want to know what to expect? Read our round-up of this session here: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2025-se... The upcoming 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council takes place amid a deepening UN liquidity crisis.