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1. "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

   Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch Author(s): Long, Clara | Sawyer, Ariana

2. Marry Before Your House is Swept Away: Child Marriage in Bangladesh

   

   Bangladesh has the world’s fourth-highest rate of child marriage. According to UNICEF, 29% of girls during the period of 2005-2013 married before the age of 15 and 65 percent married before the age of 18. This report by Human Rights Watch attempts to prov

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

3. Two Years With No Moon: Immigration Detention of Children in Thailand

   

   In this report, Human Rights Watch examines the conditions and lives of migrant and refugee children detained for extended periods of time in squalid detention facilities in Thailand. These conditions and the arbitrary treatment of these children are foun

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

4. "Where Do You Want Us to Go?": Abuses Against Street Children in Uganda

   

   Uganda has one of the largest populations of young people in the world: over 56% of its population of 37 million people are under the age of 18, over 52% are under the age of 15. The number of children living on the streets but the total number of street

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch Author(s): Vernaelde, Jamie

5. "Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die" Recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Syria

   

   This report covers the use of children in armed conflict in Syria. Human Rights Watch first documented the practice of recruiting and using children under 18 in combat in November 2012. Human Rights Watch raises concern about different armed factions and

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch Author(s): Motaparthy, Priyanka

6. Tobacco's Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming

   

   This publication by Human Rights Watch explores the plight of hazardous child labour conditions in United States tobacco farming, in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Human Rights Watch interviewed 141 child tobacco workers, aged 7 to 17,

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

7. Abandoned by the State: Violence, Neglect, and Isolation for Children with Disabilities in Russian Orphanages

   

   This study, by Human Rights Watch, finds that children with disabilities may be overrepresented in institutional care centers in Russia. In addition, these children report instances of abuse, maltreatment, poor nutrition, poor medical care, and other coun

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

8. No Way Out: Child marriage and human rights abuses in Tanzania

   

   Tanzania’s Marriage Act of 1971 sets the minimum age at 18 for boys and 15 for girls with parental consent. It also allows boys and girls to marriage at age 14 with a court’s approval. Human Rights Watch analyzed the child protection measures available in

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

9. No place for children- Child Recruitment, Forced Marriage, and Attacks on Schools in Somalia

   

   Children in war-torn Somalia face horrific abuses, including forced recruitment as soldiers, forced marriage and rape, and attacks on their schools by the parties to the conflict. Those responsible are never held to account.This 104-page report details un

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch Author(s): Bader, Laetitia | Coursen-Neff, Zama | Hassan, Tirana

10. Turned away- Summary Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adult Asylum Seekers from Italy to Greece. Human Rights Watch Report

    

    This report released by Human Watch documents the failure of Italian border police at the Adriatic ports of Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, and Venice to screen adequately for people in need of protection, in violation of Italy’s legal obligations. It is based on

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

11. Safe No More: Students and schools under attack in Syria

    

    This report documents how both sides in the Syrian conflict have used schools for military purposes and how teachers and state security agents have interrogated and beaten students for alleged anti-government activity. Human Rights Watch calls on all part

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch

12. “How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?” Child Marriage in Yemen

    

    "How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?": Child Marriage in Yemen,' documents the lifelong damage to girls who are forced to marry young. Child marriages are widespread in Yemen. Most girls marry before they reach 18, and in rural areas, some mar

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Human Rights Watch Author(s): Khalife, Nadya

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