Orphans and Abandoned Children

Spain: Migrant Children at Risk

Jun 22, 2010

Canary Islands government’s decision to keep more than 250 unaccompanied migrant children in unregulated emergency shelters puts the children at risk and threatens their well-being.
Greece: Government Failing Migrant Children

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.

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Buffeted in the Borderland

The Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Ukraine
My So-Called Emancipation

From Foster Care to Homelessness for California Youth
A Question of Life or Death

Treatment Access for Children Living With HIV in Kenya

Orphans and Abandoned Children

Cuba: Letter to Chairman Berman on Lifting the US Travel Ban

Sep 27, 2010

Human Rights Watch would like to reiterate its strong support for the legislation, which would make it possible for all Americans to travel freely to Cuba, and remove obstacles to legal sales of US agricultural commodities to the island. Ending the travel ban is a necessary step towards ending a US policy that has failed for decades to improve human rights in Cuba.
Spain: Migrant Children at Risk

Jun 22, 2010

Canary Islands government’s decision to keep more than 250 unaccompanied migrant children in unregulated emergency shelters puts the children at risk and threatens their well-being.
Letter to French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary development

Nov 10, 2009
Important International Jurisprudence Concerning LGBT Rights

May 25, 2009
Letter to Kenya National Commission for Human Rights on Treatment for HIV-Positive Children and Violence Against Children

Feb 10, 2009

Human Rights Watch writes to Florence Simbiri-Jaoko, chairperson of the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, to request the Commission to give greater consideration and attention to the critical children's rights issues of treatment for HIV-positive children and violence against children.
Greece: Government Failing Migrant Children

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.
Kenya: Make HIV Treatment for Children a Priority

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).
Rapport alternatif de la CODE sur la mise en oeuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant en RDC

Sep 1, 2008
Romania: Discrimination Closes Doors for Children With HIV

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.
Kenya: Government Neglects AIDS Orphans

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

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