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  • Letter to the Director General of the International Olympic Committee on Discrimination of LGBT People in Russia in Relation to 2014 Winter Olympics
    Jun 20, 2013
    In this letter I would like to raise Human Rights Watch’s concerns about the homophobic draft law that is expected to pass in the Russian parliament’s upper chamber in the coming weeks. This draft law is clearly incompatible with the Olympic Charter’s promotion of “human dignity,” as well as a blatant violation of Russia’s international legal obligations to guarantee non-discrimination and respect for freedom of expression.
  • China: Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council
    May 18, 2013
  • China: Revise Disability Regulations for Education
    May 18, 2013
  • Saudi Arabia: Let All Girls Play Sports
    May 7, 2013
    Saudi Arabia should allow all girls in the kingdom, including public school students, to play sports in school.
  • Malala is face of global attacks on schools
    Oct 25, 2012
    The gruesome gunning-down of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai spotlighted the fate of children in Pakistan, one of the world's most dangerous places to go to school. But in war zones around the world, from Afghanistan to Yemen, students, teachers and schools are regularly coming under attack. These are the world's unrecognized Malalas.
  • Protecting Thailand's Malalas
    Oct 24, 2012
    The recent shooting of 14-year-old Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai shocked the world and put a spotlight on the fate of children in one of the world's most dangerous places to go to school. But Thailand's three southern border provinces also make it onto that list of places where students and teachers each day fear turning up for school.
  • Pakistan: Protect Students, Teachers, Schools From Attack
    Oct 19, 2012
    The Pakistani government must take immediate steps to protect students, teachers, schools, and rights defenders at risk of attack, Human Rights Watch said today. Armed groups including the Taliban, al Qaeda, and their affiliates should cease attacks that target children, educational personnel, and schools.
  • Ukraine: Letter to Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
    Oct 16, 2012
    The provisions of the proposed law violate fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Should the law be enacted, it will create an unacceptable environment of state-promoted discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, including those under 18 years of age. This draft law would also endanger the rights of human rights defenders to engage in human rights work regarding the rights of LGBT people.
  • Thailand: Separatists Target Teachers in Renewed Violence
    Oct 10, 2012

    Armed separatist groups in Thailand’s southern border provinces have renewed attacks on teachers and schools in a campaign of terror that has heightened fear among the population.

  • UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of South Africa's UPR
    Sep 21, 2012
    Human Rights Watch welcomes the UPR report on South Africa, which includes important recommendations concerning South Africa’s full compliance with international human rights law, the progressive realization of economic and social rights, protecting freedom of expression, and upholding women’s rights and the rights of vulnerable groups.
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