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November 21, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Malawi

November 21, 2016 Dispatches

Kyrgyzstan Ups Fight Against Child Marriage

Government Should Do More to Address ‘Bride Kidnapping,’ Domestic Violence

Members of Kyrgyzstan's parliament attend first session in Bishkek, November 10, 2010.

November 17, 2016 News Release

France: Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

Reinforce the Protection of Students, Teachers, Schools During War

A still from Human Rights Watch’s campaign video calling on France to join the Safe Schools Declaration.

November 16, 2016 Report

Russia/Syria: Satellite, Video Imagery Confirm School Attack

Evidence Contradicts Russian Denial

November 16, 2016 Letter

Letter to Russian Ministry of Defense Regarding Attacks on Haas

November 10, 2016 Commentary

Nepal’s Child ‘Love Marriages’ Need Regulation Too

Lalita B.,17, had an arranged marriage at the age of 12 with a 37-year-old man.

November 10, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to WHO High-level Working Group on Health & Human Rights of Women, Children & Adolescents

November 9, 2016 Statement

Australia: Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry into Abuse, Self-harm, and Neglect of Refugees and Asylum Seekers on Nauru and Manus Island

November 6, 2016 Report

Syria/Russia: School Attack a Possible War Crime

39th Reported Attack on Schools in Syria This Year

A man carries what appears to be a remnant of the parachute system of one of the bombs used in the attack on a school complex in al-Hass on October 26.

November 3, 2016 Dispatches

Good News for Child Protection in Malawi

Decision to Redefine Childhood Should Help Deter Child Marriage

A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in Kanduku, in Malawi’s Mwanza district. She married in September 2013, but her husband chased her away. Her 15-year-old sister, in the background, married when she was 12.

November 3, 2016 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Takes Transgender Rights Case

Students Should be Able to Use Facilities Consistent With Gender Identity

U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2016.

November 1, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning Nigeria

October 31, 2016 Dispatches

Arsonists Torch 25th School in India’s Kashmir

Classrooms Shut Throughout the State

October 31, 2016 Report

Nigeria: Officials Abusing Displaced Women, Girls

Displaced by Boko Haram and Victims Twice Over

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.