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November 2, 2020 News Release

Cameroon: Gunmen Massacre School Children

Ensure Independent and Effective Investigation; Protect Right to Education

screenshot of school sign. image is outdoors.
October 14, 2020 Fact Sheet

Gender Alert on Covid-19 Afghanistan

Issue XV: The impact of COVID19- on women and girls’ education

October 13, 2020 Statement

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

79th Pre-Session

October 9, 2020 Dispatches

Building Equitable Futures by Investing in Girls

Governments Should Tackle Abuses, End Barriers to Education

Students strike against sexist violence in Madrid, Spain, March 6, 2020. 
October 1, 2020 Commentary

European Court’s School Shooting Ruling and Its Wider Implications

School #1 in Beslan, North Ossetia. 2004.
September 11, 2020 Commentary

“Years don’t wait for them”: 5 Things to Do Now to Protect Children’s Rights During Covid-19

A young girl ties tobacco leaves onto sticks to prepare them for curing in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
September 9, 2020 Commentary

Protecting Education from Attack During Covid-19

A New Day, a New Call to Action

Ruins of a school in Taizz Yemen
September 8, 2020 News Release

Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools Surge in Africa’s Sahel

First International Day to Protect Education from Attack Addresses Violations Globally

A school in northern Burkina Faso is abandoned after an attack by an armed group.
August 31, 2020 Statement

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

67th Pre-Session

July 29, 2020 Dispatches

Sudanese School Closed by Pandemic, Kept Closed by Armed Forces

Authorities Should Urgently Remove Armed Forces, Reopen Girls’ School

This file photo shows a sign reading "Education is a right for a girl child" at a refugee settlement of people from South Sudan in Imvepi, Uganda, 27 June 2017.
July 3, 2020 Commentary

Keeping Schools Safe from the Battlefield

Why Global Legal and Policy Efforts to Deter the Military Use of Schools Matter

July 3, 2020 Statement

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

76th session

June 30, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Rights Efforts Fall Far Short

Abuses Persist, Protections Fragile as Peace Talks Begin

Two children walk by armed soldiers in the countryside
June 15, 2020 News Release

UN Chief’s ‘List of Shame’ Drops Saudi-Led Coalition

Russia, US, Israel also Omitted from List of Violators Against Children

Children attending class on the first day of school, which was damaged by an airstrike during fighting between Saudi-led coalition-backed government forces and Houthi forces, Taizz, Yemen, September 3, 2019.
May 26, 2020 Witness

Witness: Waging War on Burkina Faso’s Schools

A Survivor Tells How Armed Islamists Attacked Students and Colleagues

A group of armed men pose for a photo

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