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June 27, 2023 Dispatches

UN Chief’s ‘List of Shame’ Adds Russia, Omits Israel

Mixed Message Sent About Abuses Against Children in Armed Conflict

A three-story house that reportedly had 30 members of one Palestinian family destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza, May 13, 2023.
June 27, 2023 Statement

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June 23, 2023 News Release

UN: Create Body on Missing Syrians

Groups Urge UN General Assembly to Establish New Unit

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June 23, 2023 Statement

Civil Society Organizations Urge UN Member States to Vote in Favor of Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria

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June 20, 2023 Statement

Human Rights Watch Oral Statement: Palestinian Rights Groups Face “Existential Threat”

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June 20, 2023 Statement

Afghanistan: Support Afghan Women Still in the Country

HRW Statement - Item 2 on Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan – HRC53

June 13, 2023 Statement

Statement in occasion of the 16th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

By Benafsha Yaqoobi, 2022 Marca Bristo Fellow

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June 12, 2023 Dispatches

UN Should Enhance Screening of Bangladesh Peacekeepers

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June 1, 2023 News Release

Sudan: Concrete UN Security Council Action Needed

African Council Members Should Take Leading Role in Ending Abuses

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May 25, 2023 Statement

Colombia: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee

138th Session

May 18, 2023 Dispatches

In Praise of Competitive UN Elections

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May 15, 2023 Dispatches

Hard Choices in Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Aid Organizations Balance Assistance against Mounting Taliban Abuses

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May 10, 2023 Dispatches

Jordan’s Child Rights Record in the Spotlight

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May 8, 2023 Dispatches

Corporal Punishment on the Rise in Afghanistan

UN Reports on Public Lashings, Executions by Taliban for ‘Moral Crimes’

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April 28, 2023 Dispatches

UN Human Rights Council Should Respond to Sudan Crisis

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