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October 30, 2017 Letter

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Benin

79th pre-sessional working group

October 25, 2017 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Guatemala

77th Working Group

October 19, 2017 Letter

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Sri Lanka

77th Working Group

October 16, 2017 Dispatches

Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Share Their Stories at UN

Countries Should do More to Protect Schools from Attack

Joy Bishara is seated next to Inigo Lambertini, Ambassador Deputy PR of Italy to the United Nations, during a special “Arria formula briefing” about attacks on schools and education at the United Nations, October 13, 2017.
October 12, 2017 News Release

UN Security Council: Protect Education from Attack

Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

October 5, 2017 Commentary

Far-reaching Consequences of Wartime Attacks on Education

United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan using a school building in Mourouba, Ouaka province, as their base in violation of UN guidelines and regulations. The forces left the school in January 2017 after Human Rights Watch informed UN authorities.
September 20, 2017 Dispatches

Why Britain Should Back the Safe Schools Declaration

Malala’s Courage Should Prompt UK to Step Up

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks during the first focus event on education at the donors Conference for Syria in London, Britain February 4, 2016.
September 20, 2017 Report

Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained

Investigate Killings, Abductions of Foreign Men

Iraqi Ministry of Transportation buses taking internally displaced families to Hammam al-Alil in May 2017. In late August, Iraqi authorities bused 1,400 foreign women and children to the site. © 2017 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
August 13, 2017 Report

Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town

Awamiya Residents Caught in Crossfire, Lack Essential Services

Remains of cars and buildings are seen following a security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in the town of Awamiya, in the eastern governorate of Qatif, August 9, 2017.
August 9, 2017 Background Briefing

Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Advance of its Review on Colombia

July 25, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine President’s Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools

Duterte Should Sign ‘Safe Schools Declaration,’ Not Threaten Students

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to protesters after he delivered his State of the Nation address at the Congress in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines July 24, 2017.
July 13, 2017 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Guinea

76th plenary session, September 2017

July 13, 2017 Dispatches

UN Reviews Nigeria’s Record Protecting Girls in War

Committee Should Address Access to Education, Troops in Schools

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July 12, 2017 Dispatches

African Union Troops Vacate Base in Somali University

Time for AU to End Military Use of Schools and Universities

Screenshot from a video showing the ceremony as Burundian soldiers from AMISOM leave their military base on the Somalia National University campus in Dharkenley district, west of Mogadishu.
July 12, 2017 Report

Syria: Airstrike on School Kills Civilians

10 Dead, Including Displaced Family

The impact crater in the Martyr Kiwan school courtyard from a Syrian-Russian airstrike on June 14, 2017. Seven of the eight casualties, including a child, were from a displaced family and had been sheltering in the school.

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