A coalition of organisations and human rights defenders working to advance human and peoples’ rights welcomes the adoption of a…
Advocacy is the lead Programme at CAL. Our advocacy work is with movements. We believe that change happens through collective action coupled with passion and commitment to transformatory ideas and building friendship and solidarity between peoples and across geographic spaces and multiple locations. Policy advocacy is a small element in this. Holding those in power accountable for the changes is another means to achieve these ends. We are concerned in our advocacy with four domains of change – structural/systemic, institutional, ideological and personal/intrapersonal and interpersonal change.
Statement from the Coalition of African Lesbians on May 17: Gender Non-Conforming, Trans-Identifying, and Non-Heteronormative Africans Unite to Bring Africa Back
This year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) finds us at a perilous time on our continent. This year…
HRC40: Interactive Dialogue Special Rapporteurs on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and Torture
A shorter version of this statement was presented at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council under item 3.…
HRC40: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
1 March 2019 Thank you Mr. President. Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of Sexual Rights Initiative and the…
HRC39: Statement on the Right to Development
[la version française suit ci-dessous] CAL, in collaboration with its partners of the Sexual Rights Initiative presented a statement on…
CAL at 39th Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and…
Joint Statement: The Executive Council of the African Union moves towards dismantling the main body tasked with the protection of human rights in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. The signatories of this statement are deeply concerned about the recent attacks on the independence of the…