UN Commission on Human Rights
61st Session • 14 March - 22 April 2005

Charlotte Bunch Speaking Engagements

• April 5, 2005 (1-3pm): Human Rights Violations on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Is the Commission on Human Rights Turning a Blind Eye?, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, International Lesbian and Gay Association, International Service for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch, Room XXII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• April 6, 2005 (1-3pm): Reflecting on Beijing +10: Future Challenges for Women's Human Rights, OHCHR and OSAGI, Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Click here for flyer

Co-Sponsored Events

• April 6, 2005 (3:30-5:30pm): Written Out: Sexuality-Baiting and Challenges to Women's Organizing, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the Center for Women's Global Leadership, Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• April 7, 2005 (3-5pm): Violence Against Women in War: Justice, Redress and Empowerment for Women, Korea Women's Associations United/Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. Co-sponsored by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law & Development, Center for Women's Global Leadership and Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice for the ICC.
• April 8, 2005: Women Human Rights Defenders, International Service for Human Rights, Amnesty International, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, et al., Palais des Nations, Geneva
• April 8, 2005 (12:30-2pm): Violence Against Women and HIV: Deadly Intersections, World Health Organization, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, Amnesty International, and the World YWCA, Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Joint Statements

• Joint Oral Statement on Women Human Rights Defenders http://cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/chr05whrd.doc
• Joint Statement on the Reform of the Commission on Human Rights, delivered by Renate Bloem, President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO). http://cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/chr05unreform.doc
• Oral statement under item 12: Violence Against Women by Amnesty International and the Center for Women's Global Leadership http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engior410262005

Resources

• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/index.htm
• Women's Human Rights Net http://www.whrnet.org/international.html