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July 6, 2021 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Africa Regional Review on Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

RE: Challenges to Implementation of GCM Objectives #4, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21 in Cameroon, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, December 2018 – June 2021

Contents: I. Introduction II. Human trafficking (Nigeria, Senegal) III. Migrant detention (Mauritania, South Africa) IV. Migrant returns (Cameroon, Mauritania, Tanzania) V. Discrimination, xenophobia, access to services and documentation (South…

June 8, 2021 News

Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Armed Conflict

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for his thematic report to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding the rights of persons with…

November 4, 2020 News

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

79th Pre-Session

We write in advance of the 79th pre-session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of the Lebanese Republic’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW…

October 2, 2015 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Lebanon’s Periodic Report, 62nd session

We write in advance of the 62nd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW committee) and its review of Lebanon’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW…

February 1, 2015 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Lebanon’s Periodic Report 62nd Session, February 2015

We write in advance of the 62nd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of Lebanon’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This submission…

January 16, 2015 News

Observations and Recommendations on New Entry Restrictions for Syrians and Refugee Protection Principles in Lebanon

Human Rights Watch, an international nongovernmental organization that promotes human rights worldwide, commends the hospitality that Lebanon has thus far shown to refugees arriving in large numbers from Syria. Since the conflict began in the spring of…

September 15, 2009 News

Human Rights Watch Comments to the Office of the US Trade Representative Concerning the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

The comments below address the concerns of Human Rights Watch in connection with the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the protection of fundamental rights of workers in Colombia. The comments respond to, but may also go beyond, questions 2 and…

November 27, 2001 News

Fact Sheet: Past U.S. Criticism of Military Tribunals

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…

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