On 9 March 2020, Member States gathered at the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA). Due to the global circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the full CSW64 session was postponed, and in its place a short procedural meeting was held on 9 March to adopt a Political Declaration.
In this statement Amnesty International welcomes the Political Declaration reaffirming the BPfA and its follow up reviews and urges States to put in place timely and adequate measures to protect gains and progress made so far and respond to ongoing gaps, emerging challenges and backlash in some critical areas of concern.