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November 20, 2023 Statement

On International Children Day: Justice for Yemen Children Must Be Included in Peace Talks

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November 16, 2023 Statement

Open Letter to Secretary General Guterres on the Protection of Children in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

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November 5, 2023 Report

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Remnant of an expended cargo section of one of the two 220mm 9M27K-series Uragan surface-launched cluster munition rockets embedded into the ground after it scattered its payload of explosive submunitions on a sidewalk next to a boys’ school in the town of Termanin, Syria 2023.
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October 19, 2023 Report

Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Free Civilians Held in Gaza; Treat All Humanely; Don’t Use as Human Shields

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October 2, 2023 Statement

France: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

74th Session

August 28, 2023 Report

West Bank: Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children

End Systematic Impunity for Unlawful Lethal Force

 Left to Right, Adam Ayyad, Wadea Abu Ramuz, Mahmoud al-Sadi, and Mohammed al-Sleem.
July 6, 2023 Statement

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96th Pre-Session

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June 15, 2023 Statement

Key recommendations on the reform of Ukraine’s child protection and care system

May 30, 2023 Commentary

The True Toll of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Conflict

Research by Human Rights Watch suggests Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may be guilty of war crimes

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May 2, 2023 News Release

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Apparent War Crimes in Border Conflict

Justice Needed for Lethal Attacks on Civilians

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Investigation Launches into Forcible Transfer of Children in Ukraine

Identification, Return of Children to Families Imperative

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April 4, 2023 Commentary

PM Rowley Should Act Promptly on Repatriations Vow

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