Human Rights Programme Officer Ms. Camille Selleger, from IBFAN-GIFA, took the floor at the 150th Annual General Meeting of Nestlé last April 6, 2017, and addressed directly her speech to the new CEO of Nestlé, Mr. Ulf Mark Schneider:...
The Bébé et Moi fair took place this year at Palexpo, in Geneva, from the 7th to the 9th of April. Parents-to-be, parents and grandparents came to the 3-day fair and found a high number of stands with useful materials,...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 74th Session in Geneva from January 16 to February 3, 2017, and reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 8 countries: Barbados, Central...
The WHO Executive Board Meeting has started today (23rd January) and continues until 1st February 2017. Much of this week will take place in closed meetings for the election of the new Director General of WHO. IBFAN’s statements on the...
The rise in quantities of pesticides used over the past 50 years is indeed alarming. Infants and young children are among the most sensitive to pesticide exposures because of their early stages of development; their body organs and as...
« 2016 marque un anniversaire important pour la firme veveysane. L’occasion de faire le point sur ses méthodes de gestion souvent contestables, loin de l’image lisse que renvoient les rapports annuels de Nestlé. » Le Courrier, 2 décembre 2016 Dans un dossier spécial...
From 13 to 30 September 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 73rd Session in Geneva, while the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR Committee) held its 59th session from 19...
On 22 November 2016, a group of United Nations experts constituted by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, Right to Health, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in law and in practice, and the Committee on...
On 24 October 2016, the second session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (IGWG) opened at the UN in Geneva. The Working Group was established in 2014 by Human Rights Council Resolution...
This submission by CIDSE, Friends of the Earth Europe, Brot für die Welt, SOMO and IBFAN-GIFA focuses on three core elements of a future treaty: 1. Adequate access to remedy 2. Effective enforcement mechanisms 3. The Treaty and the...
Des lauréats de la Right Livelihood Foundation seront présents en Europe. La conférence comprendra deux éléments : une discussion interne entre les lauréats (les 29 et 30 octobre et le 1er novembre) et un certain nombre d’événements thématiques publics...
In August 2016, the Special Rapporteur on the right fo food, Ms Hilal Elver, presented her annual report to the General Assembly. The International Baby Food Action Network welcomes this comprehensive report which addresses the major underlying factors affecting nutrition, including...
(picture: UNICEF) On 23 September 2016, on behalf of IBFAN, IBFAN-GIFA took part in the 2016 Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child which topic was Children’s Rights and the Environment. Read IBFAN-GIFA...
On 15 and 16 September 2016, the Committee of the Rights of the Child reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in New Zealand. On this occasion, IBFAN submitted a short report highlighting the main...
Genève, septembre 2016 Cette année, le thème international choisi pour la semaine mondiale de l’allaitement est « L’allaitement maternel, une clef pour le développement durable ». En effet, les recherches récentes prouvent qu’allaiter constitue un véritable geste éco-bio-logique.
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. The negative impacts of pollution and climate change affect all people, but especially the world’s most vulnerable population: newborns, infants and young children, whose immune and...
The 72nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) took place in Geneva from 17 May to 3 June 2016. The Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights...
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in partnership with the Department of Health, Government of Republic of South Africa, proudly hosts the Second World Breastfeeding Conference (WBC) 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Conference will call for committed action and...
The term biofortification or agrofortification are terms that obscure and hide the means by which the food is altered. A more precise definition would state that the food is genetically altered by means of a technological industrial process.The fact...
In 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child will review the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the following countries: Estonia, Nauru, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Suriname. For more...
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in partnership with the Department of Health, Government of Republic of South Africa, proudly hosts the Second World Breastfeeding Conference (WBC) 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Conference will call for committed action and...
Geneva, 24 May 2016 –Civil Society Organizations and Social Movements call upon WHO Member States not to compromise the independence, integrity and credibility of the WHO while negotiating on Framework on Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA). A joint statement...
By Lida Lhotska (IBFAN-GIFA) and Arun Gupta (BPNI/IBFAN Asia) Concerns surround the possible adoption of a new World Health Organization policy of engagement with non-state entities – which could mean big business – and potential conflicts of interest, Arun Gupta...
A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals the status of national laws to protect and promote breastfeeding.
IBFAN contributed to the development of a practical guide developed by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Child Rights International Network (CRIN) on how to use the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No 16 which focuses on State...
From 11 to 29 January 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 71st session and reviewed the implementation of the Convention in 14 countries (Benin, Brunei Darussalam, France, Haiti, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia,...
Following IBFAN-GIFA’s joint advocacy with other public interest NGOs and social movements, the Committee on the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women has released its new General Recommendation No 34 on Rural Women which, among other recommendations, urges countries to take specific measures...
Civil Society Statement – Geneva 25th April 2016 The independence, integrity and credibility of World Health Organization (WHO) and its capacity to fulfil its constitutional mandate would be compromised if Member States failed to put in place a robust framework...
Speech given by IBFAN-GIFA to the Nestlé General Assembly 7th April 2016 Ladies and gentlemen, members of the board, Mr. President, good afternoon. My name is Rebecca Norton. I am trained in public health and specialized in breastfeeding. I...
IBFAN developed a slideshow to help breastfeeding advocates from around the world understanding conflicts of interest to safeguard democratic & evidence-based health and nutrition governance. This slideshow was part a capacity building workshop led by IBFAN in December 2015 in...
