People With Disabilities Face Neglect & Violence In #CARCrisis: HRW Daily Brief

One week on, many in London remain deeply affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster. Seventy-nine people are dead or missing. That number is expected to rise. But by giving people access to justice and making housing safer in the UK, human rights can help. Failing, abusive drug war policies are alive and well in the United States, thanks to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his reliance on harsh sentencing policies that will result in high numbers of people needlessly incarcerated. Uganda hosts nearly a million refugees from South Sudan. The Ugandan government is set to host a conference where it will seek more funds to support refugees still coming. But it should also pressure the South Sudanese government to address the violence and humanitarian crises in its country driving civilians away from their homes. From earlier today: People with disabilities in the Central African Republic have faced violent attacks, forced displacement and ongoing neglect, HRW said today. A peace deal signed earlier this week offers a chance to help this abused and marginalized group. Domestic violence victims in the Brazilian state of Roraima are being denied justice by authorities which "fail to investigate or prosecute" their cases and leave women at the mercy of their abusers. New York State has taken an important step toward ending child marriage, as Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to dramatically reduce the circumstances under which children can marry. Between 2001 to 2010, 3,850 children under 18 married in New York State. The conditions which led to terrible Grenfell Tower fire in London last week which killed at least 79 people including scores of young children were a "terrible betrayal of human rights", the UN's special rapporteur on the right to housing has said. Staying with the UK, why are there so few female negotiators at the table as Britain starts talks with the EU to leave the European Union?