Human Rights Watch Publications on Children

Child Labor

Africa:
Sudan: Children of Sudan: Slaves, Street Children, and Child Soldiers (1995)

Asia:
Pakistan: Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan (1995)
India: The Small Hands of Slavery: Bonded Child Labor in India (1996)

Child Soldiers

Africa:
Guinea: Forgotten Children of War: Sierra Leonean Refugee Children in Guinea (7/99)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Casualties of War: Civilians, Rule of Law, and Democratic Freedoms (2/99)
Liberia: Easy Prey: Child Soldiers in Liberia (1994)
Sierra Leone: Getting Away with Murder, Mutilation, and Rape (6/99)
Sierra Leone: Sowing Terror: Atrocities Against Civilians in Sierra Leone (7/98)
Sudan: Children of Sudan: Slaves, Street Children, and Child Soldiers (1995)
Sudan: The Lost Boys: Child Soldiers and Unaccompanied Boys in Southern Sudan (1994)
Sudan: In the Name of God: Repression Continues in Northern Sudan (1994)
Uganda: The Scars of Death: Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda (1997)

Americas:
War Without Quarter: Colombia and International Humanitarian Law (9/98)

Middle East:
Israel/Lebanon: Persona Non Grata: The Expulsion of Civilians from Israeli-Occupied Lebanon (7/99)

Children Tried As Adults

United States:
Maryland: No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland’s Jails (11/99)

Conditions of Confinement in Justice System

Africa
Kenya: Juvenile Injustice: Police Abuse and Detention of Street Children in Kenya (1997)

Americas:
Guatemala: Guatemala's Forgotten Children: Police Violence and Arbitrary Detention (1997)
Jamaica: Children Improperly Detained in Lockups (1994)
Jamaica: “Nobody's Children”: Jamaican Children in Police Detention and Government Institution (7/99)

Asia:
Pakistan: Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan (11/99)

Europe:
Northern Ireland: Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitarie (1992)
Republic of Belarus: Turning Back the Clock (1998)
Romania: Prison Conditions in Romania (1992)
Romania: Lockups in Romania (1993)

United States:
Colorado: High Country Lockup: Children in Confinement in Colorado (1997)
Georgia: United States: Modern Capital of Human Rights? Abuses in the State of Georgia. (1996)
Louisiana: United States: Children in Confinement in Louisiana (1995)
Maryland: No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland’s Jails (11/99)

Corporal Punishment

Africa:
Kenya: Spare the Child: Corporal Punishment in Kenyan Schools (9/99)

Death penalty

United States: A World Leader in Executing Juveniles (1995)

Orphanages

Asia:
China: Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's Orphanages (1996)

Europe:
Romania: Romania's Orphans: A Legacy of Repression (1990)
Russia: Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages (12/98)

Police Violence Against Street Children

Africa:
Kenya: Juvenile Injustice: Police Abuse and Detention of Street Children in Kenya (1997)
Sudan: Children of Sudan: Slaves, Street Children, and Child Soldiers (1995)

Americas:
Brazil: Final Justice: Police and Death Squad Homicides of Adolescents in Brazil (1994)
Colombia: Generation Under Fire: Children and Violence in Colombia (1994)
Guatemala: Getting Away with Murder (1991)
Guatemala: Guatemala's Forgotten Children: Police Violence and Arbitrary Detention (1997)

Asia:
India: Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in India (1996)

Europe:
Bulgaria: Children of Bulgaria: Police Violence and Arbitrary Confinement (1996)

Refugees

Africa:
Guinea: Forgotten Children of War: Sierra Leonean Refugee Children in Guinea (7/99)

United States:
Arizona and California: Slipping Through the Cracks: Unaccompanied Children Detained by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1997)
Pennsylvania: Detained and Deprived of Rights: Children in the Custody of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (12/98)

Torture of Children by Police During Interrogation

Asia:
Pakistan: Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan (11/99)

Europe:
Northern Ireland: Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries (1992)
Turkey: “Nothing Unusual”: The Torture of Children in Turkey (1992)

Trafficking for prostitution

Asia:
Burma to Thailand: A Modern Form of Slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls into Brothels in Thailand (1993)
Nepal to India: Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels (1995)

Other

Asia:
Burma: Children's Rights and the Rule of Law (1997)

Europe:
Turkey: A Matter of Power: State Control of Women's Virginity in Turkey (1994)

Introduction
The Use of Children as Soldiers
The International Criminal Court
Refugee Children
Police Abuse and Arbitrary Detention of Street Children
Children in Conflict with the Law
Orphans and Abandoned Children
Child Labor
Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Education
Conclusion
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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