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March 13, 2020 Dispatches

Expanding Agency for People with Disabilities in Brazil Institutions

Extension of an Important Disability Benefit is an Opportunity for Empowerment

A girl with a disability in the walled yard of an institution for people with disabilities in Rio de Janeiro.
March 11, 2020 Dispatches

Disability Rights Bill Offers Hope in Congo

Opportunity for More Inclusive Society

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February 19, 2020 Dispatches

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Authorities’ Comments on Victim’s Mother Are Stigmatizing

Relatives post a photo of Fatima, a 7-year-old girl who was abducted from the entrance of the Enrique C. Rebsamen primary school and later murdered, at her home in Mexico City, February 17, 2020.
February 13, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on South Africa

77th CEDAW Pre-Session

January 28, 2020 Dispatches

People with Albinism Form First Ever Global Alliance

New Coalition Seeks to Combat Abuse, Stigma Around the World

Persons with albinism from six regions around the the world voted unanimously to form a global alliance on albinism.
January 20, 2020 News Release

Peru: Many With Disability Left Off Voting Lists

Act Immediately to Guarantee Voting Rights for 2021 Election

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January 17, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Ukraine

67th session

January 15, 2020 Dispatches

The Year in Disability Rights

Despite Progress in 2019, People with Disabilities Are Too Often Marginalized, Abused

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January 14, 2020 News Release

Australia: National Security Laws Chill Free Speech

Refugees, Health Care, and Criminal Justice Top Agenda

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December 23, 2019 News Release

Jordan: Insufficient Disability Rights Funding

Revise Budget to Ensure Adequate Funds

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December 10, 2019 Report

Cameroon: Make Humanitarian Response More Inclusive

3 Years into Violence, More Protection, Support Needed

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November 27, 2019 News Release

Ghana: Faith Healers Defy Ban on Chaining

Enforce Ban on Chaining and Provide Community-Based Services

In one traditional healing center, Human Rights Watch found 16 men in a dark, stifling room, all of them with short chains, no longer than half a meter, around their ankles. They called out: “We are suffering here. They are abusing our human rights. Pleas
November 24, 2019 News Release

Australia: Prevent Restraint in Aged Care

Ban Use of Drugs to Control Older People with Dementia

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November 12, 2019 Dispatches

Ensuring All Get Aid During Humanitarian Crises

New UN Guidelines Address People with Disabilities, Older People

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November 11, 2019 Report

Nigeria: People With Mental Health Conditions Chained, Abused

Ban Chaining; Provide Mental Health Services

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