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June 25, 2018

Gambia: 2 Togolese Among Victims in Migrant Murder Case

Two Togolese have recently been discovered to be among about 50 West African migrants massacred in 2005 by a paramilitary unit controlled by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh.

International Justice

June 25, 2018 News Release

Gambia: 2 Togolese Among Victims in Migrant Murder Case
Children's Rights

(Geneva) - Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations should combat child labor by adopting a new international treaty on the rights of domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said today in advance of the World Day Against Child Labor, June 12.

June 9, 2011 News Release

ILO: Adopt New Treaty to Combat Child Labor
Children's Rights

(Jakarta, July 27, 2006) – Domestic workers face a wide range of grave abuses and labor exploitation, including physical and sexual abuse, forced confinement, non-payment of wages, denial of food and health care and excessive working hours with no rest days, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today.

July 27, 2006 News Release

Domestic Workers Abused Worldwide

Reports More Reports

July 27, 2006

Swept Under the Rug

Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World
December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa
April 1, 2003

Borderline Slavery

Child Trafficking In Togo

News

March 11, 2008 Letter

Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism
September 12, 2005 News Release

U.N. Summit: Barriers to Schooling Undermine Goals
December 1, 2003 News Release

Africa: Gender Inequality Fuels AIDS Crisis
July 2, 2003 Statement

President Bush's Trip to Africa
April 1, 2003 News Release

West Africa: Stop Trafficking in Child Labor
June 13, 2002 Letter

Letter to African States, European States, Canada, and the US on Cooperation with the Sierra Leone Special Court

Daily Brief

August 17, 2018

Merkel meets Putin; torture in Russia; Mozambique assaults free media; Angola sentences sergeant for killing boy; police killings out of control in Rio de Janeiro; Jakarta's criminal crackdown before Asian Games; Trump's family separation; Australian identity matching bill; and strengthening the support to the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen.