Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 18 November 2014

A Landmark resolution that brings the world one step closer to holding North Korea accountable for crimes against humanity was passed today in the UN General Assembly. A UN Human Rights Council report earlier this year concluded that rights violations in North Korea are “without parallel in the contemporary world.”
Children are twice as likely to make it to their 5th birthday and much more likely to attend school than they were 25 years ago, when the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, more should be done to protect children, and ensure all children have access to education, health care, and protection. Should children with disabilities be kept in cages? In Greece, the answer appears to be ‘yes.’ At least 51 youth were killed by Congolese police in a brutal operation said to target crime in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new Human Rights Watch report says. Many of the young men and teenagers, who were suspected gang members, were beaten by police in front of crowds before being killed. The government should investigate and suspend the individuals involved. Would you like to become a policewoman in Indonesia? You may need to take a “painful” and “traumatic” virginity test. Protests calling for the closure of a center for asylum seekers have raged for a week in Rome, Italy. The government should take stronger steps to better integrate refugees and counter intolerant rhetoric.