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March 29, 2017 Dispatches

Ghana Ratifies Mercury Convention

Toxic Metal Used in Small-Scale Gold Mining Especially Harmful to Children

March 24, 2017 News Release

Burma: UN Takes Key Step for Justice

Human Rights Council Orders International Fact-Finding Mission

Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13, 2017.
March 20, 2017 Dispatches

Lebanon Military Court Backs Down on Waste Protesters

Some Protesters Now Set to be Tried in Civilian, Not Military, Courts

Security forces spray protesters demonstrating against a waste crisis and government corruption with a water cannon on October 8, 2015, after which 14 of the protesters were charged by the military prosecutor in Beirut.
February 24, 2017 Commentary

Japan Moves to Curb LGBT Bullying

Inclusive New Policy Will Save Lives, Improve Education

manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance
February 23, 2017 Dispatches

Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole

Children Can No Longer Marry with Parental Consent

February 22, 2017 Dispatches

Canada Acts to Restrict Use of Schools by Military

Becomes 59th Signatory to Safe Schools Declaration

Lieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire (L) and Canada's International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau following the announcement that Canada would sign the Safe Schools Declaration, February 21, 2017.
February 21, 2017 News Release

France and Canada: 58th and 59th Countries to Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

Commit to Protect Students, Teachers, Schools, and Universities During War

A still from Human Rights Watch’s campaign video calling on France to join the Safe Schools Declaration.
February 21, 2017 News Release

France: Positive Move to Protect Schools

Hollande Announces That France Endorses the Safe Schools Declaration

Le président Hollande annonce l'adhésion de la France à la Déclaration sur la sécurité dans les écoles
February 16, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain

Urgent Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need

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December 9, 2016 Dispatches

Uniting to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities

Recognize Rights of Women Forced Into Mental Health Centers in India

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November 21, 2016 News Release

UN: Victory for LGBT Rights

General Assembly Rejects Effort to Stop Expert's Work

Vitit Muntarbhorn, recently appointed Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, addresses the media during a news conference at the United Nations headqua
November 11, 2016 Impact

Unaccompanied Migrant Children From Calais Camps No Longer Stranded

Children Left Behind Were Relocated to Different Shelters Throughout France

Huddled under blankets, a group of Afghan boys spend the night on the street after French authorities abruptly ended registration and relocation for unaccompanied children who had been staying in the Calais migrant camp, October 26, 2016.
November 1, 2016 Dispatches

Positive Steps Taken in Defense of Boko Haram Victims

Nigeria’s President Pledged to Investigate Sexual Assault of Women Displaced by Militant Group

Women cook in pots heated up with firewood at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Dikwa in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria, on February 2, 2016.
October 24, 2016 Dispatches

Steps Towards Justice For Syria

Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack
October 20, 2016 News Release

War Crimes Prosecutions in Europe

Video, Q&A Highlight Cases Spurred by Syrian, Iraqi Refugees

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