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May 28, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Tigray Schools Occupied, Looted

Protect Students, Teachers in Region; Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

Children look at books in an elementary school in the village of Bisober, Tigray on December 9, 2020. The school was occupied by Tigray Special Forces and also damaged after fighting broke out between Ethiopian and Tigray forces in November 2020.

May 17, 2021 Dispatches

Afghan Women, Girls Should Not Pay for Their Government’s Abuses

Donors Should Sustain Vital Services While Decrying Violations

Women walking Nadir Khan Overlooking Kabul womens rights us withdrawl

May 10, 2021 Dispatches

Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan

Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

Books, notebooks, and other school supplies are left behind after May 8's deadly bombings near a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021.

February 17, 2021 Dispatches

Troubling Raid on Philippine Indigenous School

Police Accuse Tribal School of Training Child Combatants

Arrested teachers and adult Indigenous students confer with their lawyer while detained in a Cebu City jail.

February 17, 2021 Dispatches

More Schoolchildren Abducted in Nigeria

Authorities Should Ensure Schools Are Safe

Freed schoolboys look on during a meeting with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, December 18, 2020, in Katsina, Nigeria, days after an armed group attacked their school and kidnapped them.

February 1, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Uganda

80th pre-session

February 1, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Bhutan

80th pre-session

January 12, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Panama

68th pre-session

January 12, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Cambodia

68th pre-session

January 12, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for China

68th pre-session

November 30, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of South Sudan

88th pre-session

November 30, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of Azerbaijan

88th Pre-session

November 25, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Germany

88th pre-session

November 24, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of the United Kingdom

88th pre-session

November 4, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Lebanon

79th Pre-Session

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