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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

A picture of a teacher writing on a black board while students pay attention.
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.
June 26, 2017 Letter

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

June 20, 2017 Commentary

The Safe Schools Declaration: Protecting Schools During Wartime

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the entrance of a local school sponsored by Japan’s International Cooperation Agency in Kandahar City May 11, 2010. © 2010 Nikola Solic / Reuters
May 31, 2017 Report

Turkey: Education Barriers for Asylum Seekers

Afghan, Iranian Children Lack Status, Risk Child Labor

Sarvar and Marzina, Afghan asylum seekers in Denizli, with their son Matin. The couple cannot afford to send their 18-year-old daughter to school and are occasionally unable able to afford food.
May 30, 2017 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Poor Record Protecting Schools

Endorse Safe Schools Declaration Ahead of UN Rights Review

Pakistani students in Lahore return to school under high alert security after the December 16, 2014 attack by the Pakistani Taliban on the Army Public School in Peshawar, January 1, 2015.
May 29, 2017 Dispatches

Safe Schools Declaration Turns Two

All Countries Should Act to Protect Schools During War

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May 24, 2017 Letter

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

May 23, 2017 Commentary

All Schools Should be Safe Havens Like Mine

May 23, 2017 Commentary

Namibia Can Help Protect Schools in War Zones

Seleka MPC fighters at a roadblock in Bojomo, Ouham province, with a desk they removed from the local school.

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