Call for Participation in Questionnaire: UN HRC Survey on People’s Right to Peace

Call for Participation in Questionnaire: UN HRC Survey on People’s Right to Peace

World Pulse is committed to enabling the many strong voices of our community to be heard, and facilitating their participation in discussions around policies and programs to promote women’s rights.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has invited women around the world to provide input regarding the right of peoples to peace. World Pulse is inviting PulseWire members to share their thoughts by filling out the questionnaire, and World Pulse will compile the results and submit them to the UN HRC.

Click here to fill out the survey. Please submit your questionnaire by: 25 April, 2011.

About the UN HRC Advisory Committee - Right to Peace:
In its resolution 14/3, the Human Rights Council requested to the Advisory Committee to prepare a report on the draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace. At its sixth session, the Committee adopted a progress report for submission to and consideration by the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth session (A/HRC/17/39).

As part of its consultations, the drafting group of the Advisory Committee on the right of peoples to peace has prepared a questionnaire to facilitate consultations with Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders on this research matter.

Background:
In its resolution 8/9, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene, before April 2009, a workshop on the right of peoples to peace with the participation of two experts from countries of each of the five regional groups and to report on the outcome of the workshop to the Council at its eleventh session, to be held in June 2009. The workshop took place on 15 - 16 December 2009 in Geneva.

In its resolution 14/3, the Human Rights Council (HRC) took note with satisfaction of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the outcome of the workshop on the right of peoples to peace (A/HRC/14/38), and further requested the Advisory Committee, in consultation with Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders, to prepare a draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace, and to report on the progress thereon to the Council at its seventeenth session.

At its fifth session (A/HRC/AC/5/3) E F A, the Advisory Committee adopted recommendation 5/2, in which it designated Ms. Chung, Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann, Mr. Heinz (Rapporteur) and Ms. Zulficar (Chairperson) as members of a drafting group entrusted to submit a draft progress report on the draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace at its sixth session. Moreover, the drafting group was also requested to prepare a questionnaire to consult with Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders, to be distributed after the discussion at the sixth session of the Committee.

As leaders of your communities with a wealth of experience and ideas for change, thank you for sharing your voice and help shape global policy for peace!