How arms exports can contribute to human rights violations of women living in Gaza: Examining states’ extraterritorial obligations under CEDAW

On 16 October 2024, Eszter Kismödi, Chief Executive of SRHM, spoke to James Yap, Acting Director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Anjli Parrin, Director of the Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School about a report which reviews Canada's complicity in violations of women’s rights to maternal healthcare in Gaza.

Both of these institutions jointly prepared a submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) highlighting Canada’s consistent shortcomings in meeting its transnational human rights obligations and following extensive research conducted by the clinics on the grave impact of the conflict in Gaza on women and children since October 7, 2023.

The SRHM Journal has been documenting human rights violations for more than 30 years, with a rich history showing how international human rights law impacts people's lives. As conflicts continue in different parts of the world, SRHM is calling for a wide range of forms of evidence, including perspectives from those involved, service delivery accounts, rapid qualitative and quantitative research, critical analyses and testimonies related to SRHR in conflict. Please read more about this call for papers at the link below. Useful links

• Read the full report to CEDAW: FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY FAIL? ASSESSING CANADA’S HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS IN GAZA Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the Occasion of the Committee's Review of Canada's 10th Report

• SRHM Editorial and Call for Papers: Sexual and reproductive health and rights in Palestine – securing spaces to speak out by Laura Ferguson & Sapna Desai