International Federation for Human Rights
FIDH is a global network of 188 human rights organisations in 117 countries. It defends human rights through advocacy, legal action, monitoring and campaigns on various issues such as death penalty, Syria, India and France.
Women Sentenced to Death: An invisible reality
Oct 8, 2021 · The death penalty in practice: • 109 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes • 8 countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes
Litigation - International Federation for Human Rights
FIDH is an international human rights organisation that accompanies victims of serious crimes in their legal proceedings. It challenges the responsibility of individuals, States and companies for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and enforced disappearances.
Women's Rights - International Federation for Human Rights
Throughout the world discrimination and violence against women remain a scourge. In numerous countries, discrimination is inscribed in law, from criminal laws to laws on marriage, inheritance and access to property. Even in countries where women have obtained equality in law, discrimination continues in practice. Women are significantly under-represented in decision-making positions.
10 Questions on the Death Penalty - International Federation for …
Oct 11, 2018 · A web page that opposes the death penalty in principle and in all cases, and provides arguments based on human rights, justice, and deterrence. It also challenges the common myths and misconceptions about capital punishment, and cites examples of countries that have abolished it.
Death Penalty - International Federation for Human Rights
Read our last thematic issues for the World Day against the Death Penalty, October 10th. – 2021 : Women Sentenced to Death, an invisible reality. – 2020 : Importance of Quality Legal Representation – 2019 : Children, Unseen Victims – 2018 : Living conditions on death row – 2017 : The death penalty: a punishment for the poor? International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is ...
Kenya: Report reveals how sexual and gender-based violence …
Jan 18, 2022 · FIDH and KHRC publish a report on election-related SGBV in Kenya, based on fact-finding missions and testimonies of survivors. The report calls for preventive actions by the State and other actors in view of the 2022 general elections.
The death penalty: a punishment for the poor?
The web page argues that poverty and the death penalty are inextricably linked in many countries, where the poor have inadequate legal representation and access to justice. It cites examples from the US, India, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, but not from Europe.
Towards effective protection for human rights defenders and civil ...
Oct 8, 2024 · The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as part of an informal coalition of 12 civil society organisations, publishes today a mapping paper and a proposal for a pathways towards an effective protection ecosystem for human rights defenders and civil society organisations in Europe.. 8 October 2024.
The global situation of the right to abortion in 2022
ECSR, IPPF-EN v. Italy Collective Complaint No. 87/2012 and CGIL v. Italy Collective Complaint No. 91/2013. [] Surgical abortion is a short procedure which can only be performed by a doctor in a hospital or clinic, while medical abortion involves taking two medicines to terminate a pregnancy