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February 25, 2016 Commentary

The Right to Education: Regulating the Conduct of Armed Forces Under International Law

Congolese rebel fighter abandoned classroom
February 17, 2016 Commentary

Eroding Human Rights in Australian Foreign Policy, One Asylum Seeker at a Time

Lorengau transit center, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, which currently houses 40 refugees
February 17, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Saudi Warnings No Free Pass to Attack

Coalition Should Assist, Not Threaten, Aid Agencies

A Medecins Sans Frontieres health facility in Haydan, Yemen, after it was hit by airstrikes on the night of October 26, 2015.
February 14, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Cluster Munitions Wounding Civilians

US Supplied Weapon Banned by 2008 Treaty

Two BLU-108 canisters, one with two skeet (submunitions) still attached, found in the al-Amar area of al-Safraa in Saada governorate, northern Yemen after an attack on April 27.
February 11, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Attacks, Military Use of Schools

Protect Students, Schools by Joining Safe Schools Declaration

Cover imageA former student, 13, stands in a damaged school in Vuhlehirsk.
February 10, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Let Stranded Syrians Seek Protection

45,000 Caught Between Aleppo Fighting and Border

Syrians arrive at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Azaz town, 5 kilometers south of Bab al-Salam and Turkey’s closed Öncüpınar border post on February 6, 2016.
February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks

Increased Use of Widely Banned Weapon

© 2016 Ahmad al-Farouq
January 31, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Block Vital Goods into Taizz

Food, Medical Supplies Confiscated from Civilians

Street corner in the Deluxe neighborhood in western Taizz that has been damaged by shelling since March 2015.
January 28, 2016 News Release

EU/Greece: Share Responsibility for Asylum Seekers

End Political Squabbling, Focus on Rights

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January 13, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Endangered School for Blind

Coalition Airstrike Shows Added Risks for People With Disabilities

A corridor in the the al-Noor Center for the Blind sustained damage from a Saudi-coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen on January 5, 2016. © 2016 Abdullah Qaid/Human Rights Watch
January 13, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Education a Casualty of War

Congolese rebel fighter abandoned classroom
January 8, 2016 News Release

Syria: Give Besieged Areas Urgent Aid Access

Madaya a Wake-Up Call for International Community

United Nations observers talk with local residents during a field visit to the Madaya area, near Damascus May 6, 2012.
December 23, 2015 News Release

Cluster Munitions: A Year of Contradictions

Growing Support for Ban Despite New Use in Syria, Yemen

Remnants of Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by rebel fighters after attacks on Starobesheve on February 6 and 7.
December 14, 2015 News Release

South Sudan: Terrifying Lives of Child Soldiers

Children Describe Forced Recruitment, Trauma, Abuse

Child soldiers put down their guns in a disarmament and release ceremony in Jonglei state, South Sudan, February 10, 2015.
December 3, 2015 News Release

People with Disabilities at Added Risk in War, Displacement

Ensure Equal Access to Services

Safi, 30, (right) a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, walks on highway M1 near Budapest, Hungary in an attempt to reach Vienna, Austria by foot.

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