Documents on Orphans and Abandoned Children
Press release
Dec 22, 2008
Some 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children who have entered Greece in 2008 without parents or caregivers struggle to survive without any state assistance.
Press release
Dec 16, 2008
About 40,000 children in Kenya are likely to die in the next 24 months if they do not receive antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Press release
Aug 1, 2006
Thousands of Romanian children and youth living with HIV face widespread discrimination that keeps many of them from attending school, obtaining necessary medical care, working, or even learning about their medical condition, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Press release
Jun 24, 2001
The government of Kenya is failing to care for millions of children who have been orphaned by AIDS or whose family members suffer from the disease, Human Rights Watch charged in a report released today
Press release
Nov 10, 1999
Countless children around the world are routinely denied their basic human rights, Human Rights Watch charges in a report "PROMISES BROKEN:An Assessment of Children's Rights on the 10th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" marking the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Press release
Dec 15, 1998
Thousands of Russian children abandoned to state orphanages are exposed to appalling levels of cruelty and neglect, according to a 213-page report released in Moscow by Human Rights Watch. The report is a year-long investigation accompanied by a series of powerful color photographs providing further evidence of malign neglect and inhuman treatment.
