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November 29, 2019 Commentary

100 States Support Norway’s Initiative to Protect Schools

Damaged school in Nikishine Rebel fighters deployed inside the school between September 2014 and February 2015 and exchanged intense fire with Ukrainian forces.
November 20, 2019 Dispatches

Ukraine Becomes 100th Country to Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

Over 750 Ukrainian Education Facilities Damaged, Destroyed in Fighting

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.
October 7, 2019 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women on Iraq

74th Session, September 2019

October 2, 2019 Dispatches

A Step Toward Protecting Civilians from Bombing and Shelling

Two men carry replacement windows through a school in eastern Ukraine. The old windows were blown out when the school was hit by an explosive weapon
September 6, 2019 Statement

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

66th session, 2019

September 6, 2019 Statement

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

66th Session, 2019

September 6, 2019 Statement

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

66th Session, 2019

August 30, 2019 Commentary

Remembering Beslan 15 Years Later

For the nightmare of Beslan never to be repeated, its lessons must be learned

School #1 in Beslan, North Ossetia. 2004.
July 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Military Enter Camp, Occupy School for ‘Screening’

Displaced People Fear Arrest Over Actions of their Relatives

The school at Hammam al-Alil 1 camp for displaced people south of Mosul that security forces occupied on July 6, 7 and 9 in order to conduct security screenings of camp residents. © 2019 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
July 5, 2019 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Cambodia

84th pre-sessional, 2019

July 5, 2019 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Switzerland

84th pre-sessional, 2019

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84th pre-sessional, 2019

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Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Tunisia

84th pre-sessional, 2019

July 1, 2019 Dispatches

Afghanistan War’s Terrible Toll on Children

Attacks in Civilian Areas Kill and Injure Hundreds

A security forces soldier arrives at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan
May 28, 2019 Commentary

A Step in the Right Direction

Militaries Changing Policies to Stop Using Schools

United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan using a school building in Mourouba, Ouaka province, as their base in violation of UN guidelines and regulations. The forces left the school in January 2017 after Human Rights Watch informed UN authorities.

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