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New York Young Advocates EventsCritical Briefing: The Second Assault Obstructing Access to Legal Abortion after Rape in Mexico Marianne Mollman, Advocacy Director, Women's Rights Division, will discuss how Mexican officials actively prevent rape victims from gaining access to legal and safe abortion. They also fail to punish rape and sexual violence inside and outside the family. May 23, 2006 Critical Briefing: Looking for Justice The War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina In March 2005, the Bosnian War Crimes Chamber began operations within the State Court to try cases of serious war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina that could not be prosecuted within the mandate or timeframe of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). May 10, 2006 FILM SCREENING : INVISIBLE CHILDREN “What started out as a film-making adventure in Africa, transformed into much more, when the three young Americans’ (Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole) original travels took a divine turn, and they found themselves stranded in Northern Uganda. They discovered children being kidnapped nightly from their homes and subsequently forced to become child soldiers. This film is dedicated to exposing this tragic, and amazingly untold story. April 19, 2006 Critical Briefing: Street Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo An estimated 30,000 children live on the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, with tens of thousands more found in urban areas around the country. Police and military personnel regularly beat and extort money from these children, arbitrarily arrest and detain them, and in the worst cases, enlist them to engage in criminal activities. April 6, 2006 Young Advocates Steering Committee Meeting These meeting are for anyone interested in finding out more information on the activities of the Young Advocates. Help the YAs plan programming events, advocacy projects, and outreach initiatives. March 23, 2006 Critical Briefing: A Face and a Name Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq HRW's Senior Emergencies researcher will discuss how various rationales offered by insurgent groups in Iraq for their attacks on civilians are not justified in international law. March 15, 2006 Critical Briefing: A Threat to Society?: Arbitrary Detention of Women and Girls in Libya HRW's researcher for Women's Rights in the Middle East will discuss how the Libyan government is arbitrarily detaining women and girls indefinitely in “social rehabilitation” facilities. Officially portrayed as protective homes for women and girls “vulnerable to engaging in moral misconduct,” these facilities are de facto prisons. The presentation will document numerous and serious human rights abuses that women and girls suffer in these facilities. These include violations of their rights to liberty, freedom of movement, personal dignity, privacy and due process. March 8, 2006 Two Tales of Cultural Survival on China’s Borders Two peoples on China's borders live only a few hundred miles apart, but they see very different faces of the Chinese government. While the Chinese state persecutes Tibetan Buddhists for their cultural and religious expression, another Buddhist group, the Tai Lue, are relatively free to revive their cultural and religious traditions and cross national borders. What is different about these two groups, and what can they tell us about life on the borders of a rising superpower? Please join the Human Rights Watch Young Advocates and INTHEFRAY Magazine for a reading and book signing by two authors exploring cultural survival in 21st century China. March 2, 2006 Critical Briefing: Devastating Blows Religious Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang, China The Chinese government has been directing a crushing campaign of religious repression against China’s Muslim Uighurs in the name of anti-separatism and counter-terrorism. A complex architecture of law, regulation, and policy in Xinjiang denies Uighurs religious freedom, and by extension freedom of association, assembly, and expression. February 9, 2006 Critical Briefing: The Missing Piece of the Caste Discrimination and Conflict in Nepal Caste discrimination is a root cause and an insidious consequence of the civil war in Nepal. The Maoist rebels have capitalized on caste and gender discrimination in Nepal by heavily recruiting Dalits and women for their "people's militia". Reports indicate that Dalit recruits are, in effect, taking the bullets for the insurgency, even while the practice of "untouchability" persists within the ranks of the movement. November 10, 2005 In the Dark: Abuses Against Detained Youths in Rio de Janeiro Critical Briefing Incarcerated youth in Rio de Janeiro endure beatings by guards and other concealed abuses that go unpunished because state juvenile detention centers lack independent monitoring. Human Right Watch has documented routine physical abuse, squalid living conditions and other forms of inhumane treatment in the state's youth detention centers. The organization finds that these abuses persist in large part because there is no effective independent monitoring of these facilities. October 27, 2005 Critical Briefing "Smoke and Mirrors: Colombia's Demobilization of Paramilitary Groups" HRW's Colombia researcher discusses how the country's demobilization process is strengthening the power of paramilitary groups without furthering a genuine peace. October 3, 2005 Innocents Lost: A Reading by Jimmie Briggs Jimmie Briggs will read and sign copies of his newly released book “Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War.” INNOCENTS LOST is a first-person narrative exploring the lives of child soldiers and war-affected children. It focuses on young people and their families in five countries: Uganda, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Colombia and Afghanistan. September 8, 2005 Police Brutality and Hate Crimes Against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community in the US Critical Briefing Critical Briefing on Wednesday, August 24, 6:30 PM at Human Rights Watch August 24, 2005 The Less They Know, the Better Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programs in Uganda Human Rights Watch researchers, Tony Tate and Jonathan Cohen, will discuss their recent work in Uganda examining the effectiveness of Abstinence-Only programs in fighting HIV/AIDS. July 27, 2005 Young Advocates Steering Committee Meeting Wednesday, July 13, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Human Rights Watch Conference Room Help the YAs plan programming events, advocacy projects, and outreach initiatives. Open to all! We look forward to your input and help. July 13, 2005 "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky " Special Book Reading on Sudan In They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, Alepho, Benson, and Benjamin, now in their twenties, recount their experiences along this unthinkable journey. This is a captivating memoir of Sudan and a powerful portrait of war as seen through the eyes of children. June 21, 2005 Suburban Sweatshops: the Fight for Immigrant Rights Monday, June 13th 7:00 PM Professor Jennifer Gordon will read excerpts from her book, Suburban Sweatshops, and will discuss the Workplace Project, the Long Island center that she founded in 1992, which organizes and advocates for low-wage immigrant workers. She will also talk about post-graduate public interest fellowships, including her experience starting the Workplace Project with fellowship support. June 13, 2005 Executive Board Election Come and vote for your new executive board. May 6, 2005 Human Rights and the Press Tuesday, May 17th 6:30 PM At this special event, three distinguished panelists will speak on some of the hottest and most current issues in their field. May 6, 2005 |
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