Introduction “When the killings began, my teacher asked me to stop coming to school.” - “Juma”, July 2017 Juma was 16 years old when Human Rights Watch interviewed him in July 2017. Seven years earlier…

Two in five adolescents are out of school in Tanzania, although the country has declared education a national priority and abolished school fees and financial contributions. Lack of money is, however, only one of the reasons why education ends after…

This submission highlights concerns about Tanzania’s compliance with its international human rights obligations since its last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2011. It focuses on children’s rights and the rights of vulnerable groups, in particular…