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March 14, 2017 Commentary

What Every Country Can Do to Make Schools Safe

Schools should be safe places for children — even during wartime.

пострадавшая школа в никишино. В сентябре 2014 г. – феврале 2015 г. школа была занята боевиками, которые вели оттуда перестрелку с украинскими правительственными силами. © 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч
March 14, 2017 Commentary

The Gaps in Lebanon’s New Refugee Policy

A General Security officer stands by as a Syrian bus driver carries the passports and departure cards of Syrians arriving in Lebanon.
March 14, 2017 Dispatches

France Should Face up to Azerbaijan’s Rights Record

Hollande Should Call for Release of Imprisoned Activists, Journalists

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (L) shakes hands with his French counterpart Francois Hollande as they visit a local French school under construction in Baku, May 11, 2014.
March 14, 2017 Statement

Syria - Lasting Peace Will Require that Thousands Unlawfully Detained are Released and Obtain Justice

High Level Panel Discussion at the Human Rights Council: Human Rights Situation in Syria

Aleppo wheelchair
March 14, 2017 Dispatches

Sudan’s New Image Can’t Disguise Harsh Reality

Recent Release of Political Prisoners Shouldn’t Fool Anyone

 Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a press conference after the oath of the prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan March 2, 2017.
March 14, 2017 News Release

Jordan: A Strong Move for Justice Reform

Carry Out Recommendations Quickly

Jordan's King Abdullah arrives for the ceremony of reopening the Martyrs' Memorial and Museum in Amman, Jordan, on December 12, 2016.
March 13, 2017 Report

Iraq: Hundreds Detained in Degrading Conditions

Over 1,200 ISIS Suspects in Filthy Overcrowded Jails

A hole in the ceiling of the second prison house, from a projectile that hit the building while the area was still under ISIS-control. Staff said the prison, holding 270 detainees, was structurally unsound and could collapse at any point.
March 13, 2017 Dispatches

No Light Three Years After Chinese Activist’s Death

After Cao Shunli Died, Beijing’s Crackdown Intensified

Cao Shunli
March 13, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Finalize Disappearances Convention

Enact Legislation to Punish Torture, Enforced Disappearance

Thailand Prayut 20170313
March 13, 2017 Commentary

17 Times Politicians have Resorted to Wildly Sexist Speech Over the Last Year

Women take part in a protest against then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 18, 2016
March 13, 2017 Dispatches

Somali Journalist Seriously Wounded by Car Bomb

Country’s New Leadership Should Ensure Credible Investigation

The blood stained camera of a photojournalist is seen after a secondary explosion in front of Dayah hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 25, 2017.
March 13, 2017 Commentary

Why Rex Tillerson Must Bring Up Human Rights on His First Asia Trip

2017년 2월 17일 독일 서부 본에 있는 월드컨퍼런스센터에서 열렸던 G20 외교장관 회의에서 렉스 틸러슨 미 국무장관이 본회의와는 별도로 진행된 중국 외교부장(사진에 없음)과의 회의에 참석하기 위해 자리에 앉고 있다.
March 13, 2017 Commentary

‘Your Children Will Die if You Don’t Stop’

Boris Dittrich presents Alice Nkom and Michel Togue with prestigious Dutch Geuzenpenning Award, March 13, 2017.
March 13, 2017 Commentary

Breaking France’s Addiction to its State of Emergency

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March 13, 2017 Statement

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Item 4

Soldiers walk under pictures of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the capital's main ceremonial square after a mass rally and parade on May 10, 2016.

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