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A Violent Education: Corporal punishment of children in US public schools
For this report, researchers from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conducted 181 in-person and telephone interviews with experts and individuals directly affected by corporal punishment, including parents students, teachers
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Afraid and Forgotten: Lawlessness, rape, and impunity in western Côte d’Ivoire
This report documents the often brutal physical and sexual violence in the western administrative regions of Moyen Cavally and Dix-Huit Montagnes in Côte d'Ivoire. The widespread criminality has been fueled by the disintegration of legal institutions, a f
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Eternal Emergency: No end to unaccompanied migrant children’s institutionalization in Canary Islands emergency centers
The Canary Islands were in the spotlight of international media attention in 2006 when more than 30,000 migrants arrived in rickety boats from West Africa. Among them were 928 children who arrived without a parent or care-giver. These children are entitle
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“Off the Backs of the Children”: Forced begging and other abuses against Talibés in Senegal
Human Rights Watch report on the illicit practices of forced child begging and other abuses perpetrated against children in residential Quranic schools. The report includes recommendations to government entities on action needed to reverse abuse and negle
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Early to War: Child soldiers in the Chad conflict
This report draws on field work conducted over the course of four Human Rights Watch research missions to conflict zones of eastern Chad. It focuses primarily on the use and recruitment of child soldiers by the Armée Nationale Tchadienne (ANT) and the Fro
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Sabotaged Schooling: Naxalite attacks and police occupation of schools in India’s Bihar and Jharkhand states
This 103-page report details how the Maoists- known as Naxalites- a longstanding, pan-Indian armed militant movement, are targeting and blowing up state-run schools. At the same time, police and paramilitary forces are disrupting education for long period
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Taking the Next Step: Strengthening the Security Council’s response to sexual violence and attacks on education in armed conflict
Although the Security Council had identified six grave violations against children in armed conflict, as of 2009 it had focused primarily on the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Other violations affect much larger numbers of children, and result in
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Uganda: Right to health, right to information, right to education, right to non-discrimination, recruitment and use of child soldiers
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, submitted by Human Rights Watch in May 2005. This submission is based on Human Rights Watch investigations in Uganda by the Childre
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China: Right to education and the rights of children affected by AIDS
Supplementary report to China's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, submitted by Human Rights Watch to the UNCRC in June 2005, which concerns the right to education and the rights of children affected
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The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on Uganda 's response to HIV and AIDS. Despite a reported dramatic drop in HIV prevalence in Uganda in the 1990s, from an estimated
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The Effect of Communal Violence in Gujarat on Children Communalization of Education Bonded Child Labor
"The Effect of Communal Violence in Gujarat on Children Communalization of Education Bonded Child Labor" is an alternate report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child by Human Rights Watch. The Report focuses on the effect of communal
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How to Fight, How to Kill: Child soldiers in Liberia
Supplementary report by Human Rights Watch to Libera's periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, on issues relating to child soldiers. The widespread use of child soldiers in Liberia has forced into battle thou