Madeleine Rees is Secretary General of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ( WILPF). She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to human rights, particularly women's rights, and international peace and security. In 1998 she began working as the chief of the OHCHR in Bosnia - Herzegovina. From 2006 to 2010 she was the head of the gender unit for the OHCHR.
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Published in: 50.50Gender, war and peace: "We the people."Feminism: a way of thought and a way of being that can and has made change. We must stand up for humanity now so that our children can have theirs.
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Published in: 50.50Faultlines, refugees, and the lawThe refugee crisis in Europe has challenged many accepted truths, and shown that the solution lies in applying international human rights law to override political manoeuvring.
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Published in: 50.50Mobilising for peace and freedom: from aspiration to lasting changeThe 2015 WILPF manifesto outlines how those who choose peace over conflict must act, and recognises that negotiations on a treaty making transnational corporations accountable for violation of human rights is part of the way forward.
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Published in: 50.50The politics of human rights and the United NationsThe one simple yet unanswered question in the United Nations versus Anders Kompass affair is - why? Is it because he did not accept the politicisation of human rights ?
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Published in: 50.50Military intervention in Yemen: the international system in crisis
The United Nations should secure compliance with international law. Ongoing conflicts show that both the law and the UN have been subordinated to a single default position: military intervention.
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Published in: 50.50This is what a feminist foreign policy looks like
Margot Wallström’s decision not to sell arms to Saudi Arabia demonstrates the fundamental rethink needed to achieve a feminist foreign policy. Herein lies women's power to stop war.