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August 26, 2021 Dispatches

Inclusive Education is at Risk in Brazil

Repeal New Segregated Education Policy for People with Disabilities

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August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Qatar

69th Pre-Session

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August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Mauritania

69th Pre-Session

August 19, 2021 Dispatches

Ecuador Marks First Day Against Sexual Violence in Schools

Government Should Prioritize Prevention, Eradication, and Services for Survivors

Judges at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hear the case Paola Guzmán Albarracín’s mother brought against Ecuador in San José, Costa Rica on January 28, 2020.
August 16, 2021 Statement

Updated Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Afghanistan

88th Session - August 2021

August 6, 2021 Dispatches

Ensure Justice for Zimbabwe’s Child Brides

Investigate Girl’s Murder, Protect Children from Abuse

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July 30, 2021 News Release

Mali: Girls’ Basketball Coach Indicted for Sexual Assault

Amid Olympics, Legal Action Highlights Need to End Abuse in Sport

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July 29, 2021 News Release

Greece: Stop Denying Refugee Children an Education

Ensure All Asylum-Seeking Children Are Enrolled in Coming School Year

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July 28, 2021 Dispatches

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Governments Should Pledge to Protect Public Education Budgets, Tackle Exclusion

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July 27, 2021 Dispatches

Victory Against Child Marriage in New York State

Sixth US State to Explicitly End Practice; Rest Should Follow Suit

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July 27, 2021 News Release

Zambia: Tackle Lead Poisoning at Former Mine

UN Experts Urge Full Clean-Up; Candidates Should Address Kabwe Issue

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July 15, 2021 Dispatches

UK National Food Strategy Has Game-Changing Potential

Proposals to Tackle Inequality Can Help Advance Right to Food

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July 14, 2021 News Release

Ecuador: Criminalizing Abortion Affects Rights, Health

Greatest Harm for Indigenous, Afro-Descendent People Living in Poverty

Feminist activists and pro-choice groups witness a debate at Ecuador’s National Assembly on Criminal Code reform, in which there was a possibility that legislators would approve the decriminalization of abortion in cases involving rape, in Quito, Ecuador, on January 3, 2019.
July 13, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Ecuador

90th Pre-Session

July 12, 2021 News Release

Japan: Olympics Should Benefit Human Rights

Address Abuse of Child Athletes, LGBT Discrimination, Gender Gap

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