This is a library of QUNO publications, newsletters, and statements. Recent Publications
QUNO New York newsletter from September 2012.
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IA201209.pdf 356.53 KB This statement welcomes the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and discusses Quaker perspectives on the issue.
This submission welcomes the UN Secretary General’s report on the death penalty, in which the children of sentenced persons are recognized. It updates states about recent QUNO efforts to highlight the effects of parental execution or sentencing on children.
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Food security is as a pressing global challenge. Agricultural innovation is critical to addressing it. Equally important is ensuring that the benefits of such innovation are widely diffused, especially in developing countries.
How should countries design their intellectual property (IP) system to encourage and support agricultural innovation?
The TRIPS Agreement provides WTO Members with flexibility to implement IP provisions in a way consistent with their agriculture and food security objectives. Yet these flexibilities have received little attention so far.
This Policy Guide seeks to fill this gap by providing an overview of TRIPS-related patent flexibilities that support agriculture and food security.
This Policy Guide is designed for negotiators and policymakers in the areas of intellectual property, agriculture and food policy as well as breeders, farmers and other members of civil society. It also intended to be a useful tool for providers and recipients of technical assistance in the areas of intellectual property and agriculture.
This is the report on the QUNO-IIED panel at the World Trade Organisation Public Forum held in September 2012 in Geneva.
A statement entitled:
"Civil Society Organisations Call for Dialogue and Urgent International Engagement to Support Non-Military Solutions in Northern Myanmar."
Includes recommendations for immediate action by the Government of Myanmar and the Kachin Independence Army, as well as supportive measures to be taken by China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the UN.
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Geneva's newsletter from May to August 2012. Featured stories:
Geneva Reporter May-August 2012.pdf 132.68 KB A short briefing paper giving more detail into the history of QUNOs work on children of incarcerated parents, and more specifically on children of parents sentenced to death.
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QUNO New York newsletter from June 2012.
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IA201206.pdf 358.94 KB A presention by QUNO New York Director Andrew Tomlinson at a seminar hosted by the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) entitled: “20 Years of ‘An Agenda for Peace’: A New Vision for Conflict Prevention?”
Letter to Friends from QUNO New York Director Andrew Tomlinson and QUNO Geneva Director Jonathan Woolley describing the work of QUNO in relation to:
Letter of Greeting to Friends 179.51 KB The first time a UN body considered the question children with parents in prison was in September 2011, in a Committee on the Rights of the Child day of general discussion on the topic. This paper details the issues, good practice and recommendations relating to children of prisoners that emerged from that day of general discussion.
See also the related Briefing Paper and Exhibition.
This publication arose out of QUNO’s wider work on the question of women in prison and children of prisoner’s. The study looks at children of incarcerated parents as individuals unto themselves, rather than as extensions of their parents, and therefore adopts a child’s rights approach. The Revised Draft Framework is a comprehensive exploration of the relevant child rights issues throughout the criminal justice process, from a parent’s arrest or detention to release following imprisonment. Examples of potential good practice, as well as relevant international/regional standards are included.
See also the following oral statement to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council.
QUNO Geneva's newsletter for November 2011 to February 2012. Featured stories:
- Preventing Armed Violence: the Geneva Declaration Review Conference
- The Unknown Impacts of Seeds Policies: Exploring the Effects of UPOV
- News from QUNO New York
- Watching the Climate Change Negotiations
- News in Brief, Jardins Ouverts, and Publications
Geneva Reporter, Nov 2011 - Feb 2012 417.48 KB In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers stress that conscientious objection to military service is protected under several international human rights mechanisms, and call on states to “fully implement the right of conscientious objection to military service in law and practice.”
In this submission to 19th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO highlights the risks to physical and mental well-being faced by children of incarcerated parents. It recalls general principles to be kept in mind when considering and/or interacting with these children. Finally, it highlights potential examples of good practice.
See also the written statement on the same subject issued the previous year (2011).
One of the first QUNO publications to deal exclusively with the question of children whose parents are sentenced to death, paving the way for other documents in the same series. This paper raises awareness of some of the issues facing such children. It considers and elaborates on these issues in as much detail as the literature available at the time permitted, and highlights directions for future study.
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QUNO was involved in the preparation of this Guide, which was published by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Guide brings together international standards, jurisprudence and national practice relating to conscientious objection. It is aimed at State officials responsible for drafting and implementing laws, individuals who may be unsure of their rights should they be called to perform military service, and civil society actors seeking to defend the rights of conscientious objectors. It includes a section on the protection of conscientious objectors under international refugee law.
See also A Conscientious Objector's Guide to the International Human Rights System.
QUNO New York newsletter from December 2011.
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In & Around the UN, Dec 2011 272.61 KB Aims to serve as an informal resource for issues relating to the 2011 discussions around the question of Palestinian Statehood at the United Nations.
