Advocacy
Jubilee Campaign Joins Numerous Advocacy Organizations to Highlight Vulnerable Women’s Voices at UN CSW 67
WASHINGTON, D.C. 17 April 2023 – This March, Jubilee Campaign was blessed with the opportunity to attend the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. In recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UN events and conferences have regrettably been held exclusively online without the physical space to meet new
UNGA Officially Adopts New Language with the Goal to Protect the Life of Individuals Targeted Under Anti-Apostasy and Anti-Blasphemy Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C 15 December 2022 – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted in favour of the Third Committee’s resolutions – with new language to protect individuals targeted under anti-apostasy anti-blasphemy laws. [Photo: Lowlova via Creative Commons Licence] The General Assembly is the UN’s most representative body, comprising all 193 Member States. On Thursday, 133 (over
IRFBA Members Release Statement in Support of Grassroots Initiative to Embed Language in UNGA Resolutions Effectively Calling for the Repeal of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy
7 November 2022 | Washington DC: Members of the International Religious Freedom of Belief Alliance (IRFBA) release statement calling for the “unequivocal[] repeal of the death penalty for any activity categorised as blasphemy, apostasy, or speech that might ‘defame’ or ‘insult’ religious sentiments” on the voting-week of two key United Nations General Assembly Resolutions –
Abolitionist and Retentionist States, UN experts, and Civil Society Make a Unified Call for Action to Repeal of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy at the first Hybrid UN Human Rights Council side-event in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C 25 March 2022 – The first Human Rights Council hybrid event since COVID-19 brought high-level speakers and grassroots advocates from the four corners of the globe united in bringing an end to the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy. [Photo: Jubilee Campaign] “If one dares to establish a hierarchy in abolishing the death
Sexual Exploitation of Religious Minority Girls in Pakistan: Long-term Change Needed to End the Vicious Cycle of Early Forced Marriages and Conversions
On 22 December 2021, Karachi high court allowed Arzoo Raja, a minor Christian girl to return to her parents after spending a year in a shelter home. In October 2020, she was forcibly converted to Islam and was married off to a 44 year old Muslim man Ali Azher. While this was welcome news, reading
[Press Release] Jubilee Campaign Successfully Brings Experts, Activists, and Witnesses Together to Speak on Criminal Groups’ Involvement in Abduction and Slavery in Nigeria
Jubilee Campaign was honored to have had the privilege of hosting a side event to the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee, titled “On Stemming Role of Criminal Groups in Contemporary Slavery Within Nigeria, With a Focus on Women and Children”. Our event was focused on raising the astounding frequency of mass kidnappings of predominantly
