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Iran: Human Rights Groups Sound Alarm Against Draconian Internet Bill

Joint Statement by 50+ Rights Groups

We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, are alarmed by the Iranian parliament’s move to ratify the general outlines of the draconian "Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill," previously known as the “User Protection Bill…
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Normative standards and obligations under international law in relation to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons

HRW Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

December 6, 2021 1. Introduction This submission is based on Human Rights Watch’s research on human rights issues impacting older people, with a focus on rights in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, the right to live independently and…
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Social Media Harassment of Iran Researchers, Activists

Over the past few years, Human Rights Watch has seen numerous governments wage disinformation wars to further their agendas. Journalists and human rights activists, including Human Rights Watch staff, face online harassment campaigns, including by state-…
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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…
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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…
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The human rights of older women

Submission to the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

This submission is based on Human Rights Watch research on human rights issues impacting older women,[1] including domestic violence, abuse, and neglect in residential institutions for older people, abuses during armed conflict, and health disparities.…
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Iran: Khamenei’s Reckless Ban on Covid-19 Vaccine

Authorities’ Unsubstantiated Claims Threaten Iranians’ Health

(Beirut) — The Iranian supreme leader announced a ban on the import of certain Covid-19 vaccines due to their production in the United States and the United Kingdom, which seriously threatens Iranians’ right to health and could undermine their access…
Paramedics work in a laboratory that tests samples taken from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, March, 10, 2020.
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Impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Education in Africa

35th Ordinary Session

Human Rights Watch respectfully submits this written presentation to contribute testimony from children to the discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on children at the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of…
Schoolchildren attend class at a school in Norton, west of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, September 10, 2019.
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Iran Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 Universal Periodic Review

Thank you, Madam President We are particularly dismayed that Iran rejected a majority of the recommendations with regards to ratification of the core human rights treaties, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…
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UN Rights Review of Cameroon Comes at Critical Moment

Item 6 UPR Adoption of Cameroon

HRW welcomes Cameroon’s UPR adoption, which comes at a timely moment for the country. Earlier this year, HRW documented numerous human rights violations committed by both armed separatists and government forces since a pro-independence movement…
Displaced villagers who fled Belo following early April clashes between security forces and armed separatists came back to town to get food to bring back to their hiding places in the bush. In the bags, they carry dried fish. North West region, April 2018
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Australia - Iran Human Rights Dialogue

Human Rights Watch Submission - 2017

We write on the occasion of the inaugural Australia-Iran human rights dialogue, to be held in Canberra in August 2017. Australia should raise pressing human rights issues in an unambiguous manner, set clear benchmarks for improvements, and make the…
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Iran: Deadly Attacks in Tehran

  (Beirut) – The two attacks carried out by gunmen and suicide bombers at Ayatollah Khomeini’s shrine and the Iranian parliament in Tehran on June 7, 2017, were despicable acts of violence, Human Rights…
A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017.
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Video testimony at European Parliament hearing on sports and human rights

Video testimony for EP Subcommittee on Human Rights hearing

Video testimony for European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights hearing"Sport and human rights on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio” Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 11.00 - 12.30 DROI        Agenda     EUParl.net Minky…

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