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November 20, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Militias Held, Beat Villagers

Recruited Children as Fighters From Camp for Displaced People

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October 14, 2016 Commentary

How Retaking Mosul Could Spell Disaster for Civilians

Popular Mobilization Force members on the frontline with the Islamic State in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, Iraq on October 18, 2015.
October 6, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Key Concerns for Impending Mosul Battle

Role of Abusive Armed Forces, Treatment, and Screening of Detainees

Popular Mobilization Force members on the frontline with the Islamic State in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, Iraq on October 18, 2015.
September 29, 2016 Dispatches

President Obama Fails Child Soldiers

US Again Allows Military Aid to Countries Using Children as Fighters

Child soldiers put down their guns in a disarmament and release ceremony in Jonglei state, South Sudan, February 10, 2015.
September 14, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Obama regarding the Child Soldiers Prevention Act

NGOs urge prohibitions on military aid to governments using child soldiers

August 30, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Militias Recruiting Children

Before Mosul, All Sides Should Demobilize Child Soldiers

A camp for displaced persons who fled from the extremist group Islamic State, or ISIS, in the Makhmour area near Mosul, Iraq, June 17, 2016. Picture taken June 17, 2016.
August 16, 2016 Statement

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

July 6, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: NATO Should Strengthen Civilian Protection

Adopt Strategy at Summit to Curb Military Abuses

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speak at a news conference in Kabul on March 15, 2016.
July 6, 2016 Letter

Letter to NATO Re: Civilian Protection in Afghanistan

June 30, 2016 Commentary

Children on the Front Lines, With U.S. Dollars

June 30, 2016 News Release

US: Don’t Fund Child Soldiers Abroad

State Department List Adds Iraq, Excludes Afghanistan

Child soldiers put down their guns in a disarmament and release ceremony in Jonglei state, South Sudan, February 10, 2015.
June 2, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Free Captive Children

Prisoner Exchange Being Negotiated

Child soldiers with Houthi fighters hold weapons during a demonstration in Sanaa on March 13, 2015.
May 4, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to President U Htin Kyaw

Re: Human Rights Priorities for the New Government

April 4, 2016 Report

DR Congo: Children Held in Remote Military Prison

Former Child Soldiers Should Be Rehabilitated, Released

Angenga military prison in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, where alleged FDLR combatants are being held, including at least 29 children.
January 13, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Education a Casualty of War

Congolese rebel fighter abandoned classroom

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