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September 20, 2023 Dispatches

Governments Should Step Up on Public Health Care Spending

UN Summit an Opportunity to Commit to Equitable Financing of Right to Health

Surgical Technicians wash their hands after exiting an operating room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, US on April 22, 2022.
September 20, 2023 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Advance of Adoption of List of Issues on Israel

88 (PSWG) Pre-Sessional Working Group

September 14, 2023 News Release

UK: Children and Families Seeking Asylum Face Dire Conditions

Serious Impacts on Physical, Mental Health, Education Access

A mother watches her two children in a hotel room
September 13, 2023 News Release

Kenya: Ban Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Most Pesticides in Kenya are Harmful to Health, Environment, Study Finds

A man sprays pesticides at a maize farm in Nakuru, Kenya, April 28, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images
August 7, 2023 Statement

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

73rd Pre-Sessional Working Group

July 31, 2023 Dispatches

EU Should Ban Use of Hazardous Herbicide

EU Commission Pushes for Glyphosate’s Reapproval Despite Health Concerns

A French farmer sprays glyphosate herbicide in a cornfield in northwestern France, April 23, 2021.
July 19, 2023 Dispatches

Extreme Heat Is a Pregnancy Health and Reproductive Justice Problem

Dangerous Heat Needs Feminist Action

Pregnant woman holding her belly.
July 6, 2023 Statement

Egypt: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

96th Pre-Session

June 29, 2023 Dispatches

US Ends Critical Investigation in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

A Setback for Hopes to End a Longstanding Human Rights Crisis

Fossil fuel and petrochemical plants line the area known as 'Cancer Alley," near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 15, 2013.
June 26, 2023 Report

Spain: Inadequate Response to Heatwaves

Support People with Disabilities at Risk to Climate Change

Carlos Reina Rosales, 35, sits in his electric wheelchair, in front of a museum in central Seville (Andalusia, Spain). 
June 14, 2023 Commentary

EU's new supply chain laws over-reliant on self-certification

A 16-year-old boy collects water from a spring near Lega Dembi gold mine in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. @2020 Tom Gardner
June 12, 2023 Statement

Belarus: Stop Ill-Treatment of Opposition Politician

Maria Kalesnikava in Solitary Confinement; No Access to Doctors, Lawyer

Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava inside the defendants’ cage at the opening of her trial on Aug 4, 2021.
April 26, 2023 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement at the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains

Juliane Kippenberg, April 26, 2023

A 6-year-old boy, born near Lega Dembi gold mine in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has no bones in his right foot and three toes on his left foot.
April 6, 2023 Dispatches

Ukraine’s New Health Rules Spotlight Barriers to Emergency Contraception

Authorities Should Eliminate Prescription Requirement for “Morning-After” Pill

A customer walks out of a drugstore lit by a portable generator during a blackout in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv following massive Russian airstrikes on January 14, 2023. 
April 6, 2023 Dispatches

African Human Rights Commission Affirms Intersex People’s Rights

Ending Unnecessary Surgeries, Respecting Bodily Diversity at Core of Resolution

The 73rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, Gambia.

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