On November 16, 2018, IBFAN Italy organized a conference to officially present the 2018 report on the violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in Italy: Il Codice Violato. Speakers represented IBFAN Italy, the Italian Movement...
From September 17 to October 5, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 79th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
Nous promouvons, protégeons et soutenons l’allaitement depuis maintenant 39 ans ce mois- ci ! Bon Anniversaire IBFAN et GIFA ! Qui dit gâteau dit aussi surprise : le calendrier IBFAN 2019 (à partir duquel la photo ci-dessous a été prise) est maintenant...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Sous le Haut Patronage du Ministre de la Santé du Burkina Faso, IBFAN GIFA et IBFAN Afrique ont coordonné avec succès un cours de formation sur le suivi du Code International de Commercialisation des Substituts du...
Breastfeeding – A matter of human rights is the title of a new interesting presentation developed by IBFAN-GIFA, with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, on this important connection that is too often forgotten. The presentation is...
From May 14 to June 1, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 78th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
In the first week of December, breastfeeding advocates from 8 countries participated in the third round of trainings on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative and World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative, organised by BPNI/IBFAN Asia. The group met in Vilnius, Lithuania,...
From September 11 to 29, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 76th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the...
The Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights will meet for the 3rd time, from 23 to 27 October at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. The IGWG had published earlier...
From May 15 to June 2, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 75th Session in Geneva, while the 61st Session of the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was held between May 29 and...
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...
(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...
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...
On November 23, IBFAN-GIFA took part in a panel discussion organized by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation on the issue of Working towards an enabling environment for the promotion and protection of the rights to water, land and food – Linking...
On behalf of IBFAN, Mike Brady, Campaigns Coordinator at Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK, took part in a panel discussion on Challenges and Opportunities of a Treaty Addressing Corporate Abuses of Human Rights on November 18, 2015. This event was jointly organized...
La Suisse doit intensifier ses efforts visant à protéger, promouvoir et soutenir l’allaitement maternel, selon le Comité des Droits de l’Enfant de l’ONU. A l’occasion de la célébration de la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel à Genève et d’Alternatiba...
Le Comité de l’ONU relatif aux Droits de l’Enfant recommande à la Suisse de veiller à ce que les recommandations nationales concernant l’allaitement maternel soient conformes aux recommandations de l’OMS
Geneva, July 10 — The first session of the historic United Nations negotiations towards a treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to human rights concluded today, following five days of inspiring talks on the...
Le 27 février 2015, lors du Festival et Forum International du Film sur les Droits Humains (FIFDH), le film Tigers a été projeté dans le cadre d’une soirée-débat intitulée ‘Nestlé au Pakistan : Le Scandale du lait infantile’. Le film de...
19 JANVIER 2015 – En vue de l’examen de la Suisse par le Comité des Droits de l’Enfant les 21 et 22 janvier 2015, IBFAN-GIFA met l’accent sur l’importance d’une stratégie cohérente et dénuée de toute influence commerciale relative à...
Le Réseau International de Groupes d’Action sur l’Alimentation Infantile (IBFAN) se réjouit de la décision du gouvernement suisse de supprimer l’installation visant à promouvoir l’eau en bouteille de l’entreprise Nestlé, initialement prévue dans le cadre Pavillon Suisse de la...
Camille Selleger, juriste à GIFA, membre Suisse et bureau de liaison international du réseau IBFAN, lors de son intervention à l’Assemblée Générale de Nestlé, le 10 avril 2014, demande au conseil d’administration de Nestlé : « Pensez-vous que tous les...
