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March 9, 2022 News

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights

Mercury, Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Special Rapporteur’s report on mercury and human rights. Mercury attacks the central nervous system and can cause lifelong disability, including brain damage, and even death. It…

February 16, 2022 News

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…

April 16, 2021 News

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.…

December 14, 2020 News

Human Rights Watch Statement: Impacts of Covid-19 on Internally Displaced People in Myanmar

Statement of Manny Maung, Myanmar Researcher, Human Rights Watch Subcommittee on International Human Rights Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development December 10, 2020 Study of the Impacts of Covid-19 on Internally…

Three people walk along a road close to the surge of fighting between the Arakan Army and Myanmar military in Rakhine State, January 25, 2019.

August 16, 2016 News

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

We write in advance of your upcoming plenary session on the government of the Philippines’ compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Human Rights Watch has extensively documented violations…

May 28, 2013 News

Briefing for the Security Council working group on children and armed conflict regarding the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Burma (Myanmar) and implementation of the joint action plan

Human Rights Watch has monitored the human rights situation in Burma (Myanmar) for 25 years, including violations against children affected by armed conflict. We have conducted two in-depth investigations of recruitment and use of child soldiers by both…

September 10, 2012 News

UN Human Rights Council: Statement on the Situation of the Rohingya in Burma, and on the Situation Throughout Mali

Oral Statement Under Item 2: Interactive Dialogue With the High Commissioner

Human Rights Watch shares the High Commissioner's concerns about serious ongoing abuses in Arakan and Kachin State in Burma both of which Human Rights Watch has extensively documented. In Arakan State, the Burmese government inadequately responded to the…

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