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COVID-19: A human rights checklist
Human Rights Watch is committed to reporting on the human rights dimensions f the COVID-19 pandemic. Their research has identified 40 questions to steer a rights-respecting response to the crisis. The questions address the needs of groups most at risk, in
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Kids Talk Coronavirus
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The virus has now spread across the globe and is a common threat to the health of everyone. In this video, the potentially far-reaching and long-term negative effects of COVID-
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COVID-19 and Children’s Rights
Children who contract COVID-19 appear to have less severe symptoms and lower mortality rates compared to other age groups. In a range of other ways, however, the COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on children. Over 1.5 billion students are out
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“Their War Against Education”: Armed group attacks on teachers, students, and schools in Burkina Faso
Between 2017 and 2020, Human Rights Watch documented 126 attacks on students, education professionals, and schools in Burkina Faso. Armed groups have intimidated students, terrorized parents into keeping their children out of school, and killed, abducted,
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“Disability Is Not Weakness”: Discrimination and barriers facing women and girls with disabilities in Afghanistan
After decades of armed conflict, Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocia
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“Our Happy Family Is Gone”: Impact of the “War on Drugs” on children in the Philippines
Since the "war on drugs" was launched in the Philippines in June 2016, thousands of people have been killed. There have been dozens of children under the age of 18 among those who have died. Non-governmental organizations in the country have estimated tha
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“As Long as We Live on the Streets, They Will Beat Us”: Rwanda’s abusive detention of children
International law states that children only should be deprived of liberty as a measure of last resort, and the UNCRC places an obligation on governments to protect children from all forms of physical or psychological violence. If children do commit crimes
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“I Want to Continue to Study”: Barriers to secondary education for Syrian refugee children in Jordan
As the conflict in Syria enters its 10th year, the education crisis for Syrian refugee children in Jordan who now are progressing into secondary education has become more acute. Many children are unable to access education because of poverty, lack of affo
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"You Pray for Death": Trafficking of women and girls in Nigeria
This report discusses the human rights abuses suffered by Nigerian women and girls who are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation within and outside Nigeria. It also records the experiences of foreign women who are trafficked into Nigeria, mostly fo
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“Are We Not Human?”: Denial of education for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh
In response to the flight of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh opened its borders and has been providing them with refuge from grave abuses since August 2017. However, the government of Bangladesh has made clear that the Rohingya will not be able to remain in
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"We Can't Help You Here": US returns of Asylum Seekers to Mexico
The present report by Human Rights Watch provides findings from in-depth interviews with asylum-seekers, government officials, local activists, and attorneys on the "Migrant Protection Protocols" Program in the United States and Mexico. Of the 15 079 asyl
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"They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead": Military detention of children for suspected Boko Haram involvement in northeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military has been found to arbitrarily detain thousands of children for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Many children are held without charge for months or years and often with little or no evidence of involvem