Areas of work: Human Rights & Refugees
Rights of the Child Resolution Includes Section on Incarcerated Parents
For the first time, a section on children of incarcerated parents was included in a Human Rights Council resolution on...
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Statement to Independent Expert on the Environment
In this statement, Quakers welcome a report on the issue of human rights relating to the enjoyment of a safe,...
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VIDEO: Rachel Brett, QUNO Representative for Human Rights and Refugees, on Conscientious Objection
In this Youtube video uploaded by the Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre), Rachel Brett, QUNO's representative for...
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Creation of ‘Women in Prison’ Programme
Women in Prison work begins, as part of QUNO's Human Rights and Refugees programme.
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Creation of ‘Conscientious Objection to Military Service’ Programme
Work on conscientious objection to military service, a key Quaker concern, is one of QUNO's earliest programmes.
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UN Adopts First-ever Resolution on Conscientious Objection
On 6 July, the UN Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on conscientious objection to military service. The resolution...
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Children of Parents Sentenced to Death: New Work at QUNO Geneva (Briefing paper)
A short briefing paper giving more detail into the history of QUNOs work on children of incarcerated parents, and more...
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Geneva Reporter
Geneva's newsletter from May to August 2012. Featured stories: Water, conflict and cooperation Conscientious objection to military service Highlights from...
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Letter of Greeting to Friends
Letter to Friends from QUNO New York Director Andrew Tomlinson and QUNO Geneva Director Jonathan Woolley describing the work of...
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Children of (Alleged) Offenders: Revised Draft Framework for Decision-Making
This publication arose out of QUNO’s wider work on the question of women in prison and children of prisoner’s. The...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers stress that conscientious objection to military service is protected...
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Written statement: Children of incarcerated parents (2012)
In this submission to 19th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO highlights the risks to physical and mental well-being...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service (OHCHR Guide)
QUNO was involved in the preparation of this Guide, which was published by the United Nations Office of the High...
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
Conscientious objection to military service is now clearly protected as a human right under international law, even if the term...
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If my parents go to prison, what happens to me? (Briefing Paper)
In 2011, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child held a Day of General Discussion on the issue...
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Collateral Convicts: If my parents go to prison, what happens to me? Exhibition on children of incarcerated parents
An exhibition by the NGO Group for the Committee on the Rights of the Child, focusing on “the often neglected...
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