Ken Roth at Stanford University
May 9, 2011
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Human Rights Watch Executive Director, Ken Roth, spoke on President Obama's human rights record at the Stanford University Program on Human Rights at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law on April 13, 2011.
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Watch Video Coverage of Ken Roth's Talk at Stanford University
DR Congo: Strengthen Plan for War Crimes Trials
April 15, 2011
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You may have seen the Pulitzer prize winning play by Lynn Nottage, Ruined, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre - now read how Human Rights Watch is working with the Congolese Coalition for Transitional Justice to hold perpetrators of serious human rights abuses to account and end a culture of impunity in Congo.
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Joint Conference Proposes Revisions to Proposed Legislation for a Specialized Mixed Court
Op-Ed: Fixing the Mistake with Young Offenders
April 15, 2011
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There is new evidence that state governments are finally understanding what a tragic mistake they made during the 1990s when they began trying ever larger numbers of children as adults instead of sending them to the juvenile justice system. Support an end to Juvenile Life Without Parole in California by visiting: http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/.
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  • Inmates wait in holding pens at the California Institution for Men in Chino.

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Help The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act (SB9) Pass in the California Assembly
January 24, 2012
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In August, Senate Bill 9 was JUST ONE VOTE short of passage. It will be voted on again very soon. Legislators need to hear that you support this bill, and that you support fair sentencing for youth in California. Call or write your Assemby Member and the Governor today!
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20 Years In Women's Rights: Women's Rights on the Frontline
March 18, 2011
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Twenty Years of Women's Rights
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For more than twenty years, Human Rights Watch has worked to protect and empower women. On the ground, and at the highest levels of power, we ensure women's voices are heard. Join us in our global campaign for women's rights.
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Explore two decades of women's rights history.

  • Girls attend class at Markaz Girls High School, Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

    © 2007 Alison Wright/Corbis
Juvenile Life Without Parole: The Fight Continues
January 28, 2011
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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted Sara Kruzan's sentence of life without parole (LWOP) to 25-to-life. Sara was 16 years old when she shot the man who started sexually abusing her when she was 11 and pushed her into prostitution at age 13. For killing him, she was sentenced to LWOP plus four years. She is now in her 30s. Senator Leland Yee has introduced Senate Bill 9 (SB9) that if passed, would permit review of all juvenile life without parole cases in California.
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  • Sara Kruzan.

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Disability and Deportation in the US
August 17, 2010
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Deportation and Disability in the US
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Immigration is one of the hottest topics in the US these days - the source of controversy and politically heated argument. The HRW US Program released a report last week on deportation of people who are unable to represent themselves in the deportation process due to their disability.

  • Personal belongings of undocumented immigrants being loaded into an ICE plane as part of the deportation process.

    © 2008 Michael Schennum
End Child Labor in US Agriculture
August 17, 2010
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Fields of Peril
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The United States is failing to protect hundreds of thousands of children engaged in often grueling and dangerous farmwork. Current federal law permits children under age 18 to work for hire in agriculture at far younger ages, for far longer hours, and in far more hazardous conditions than in any other industry. Take a moment to watch this brief video clip on child labor in US agriculture and find out how you can take action to stop these abuses!
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  • A young worker holds an orange in a migrant worker camp in Florida.

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Stay Informed: California Youth Still Need to Receive Fair Sentences
August 17, 2010
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California: Pass Law to Review Youth Sentences
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In California, youth under the age of 18 are sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act (Senate Bill 399) would have reviewed these cases and required young people to work towards rehabilitation. The bill failed by a narrow margin, and the LA Times penned a recent editorial calling some to task for their votes. PHOTO: © 2005 Private
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  • These photos are of youth who were sentenced to life in prison without parole. Each photo was taken within one year of the time of the crime. In the majority of the United States and under federal law, people are serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed before their eighteenth birthday.

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