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Adoption of strategies on deinstitutionalisation could reinvigorate a stalled process across Europe.

Despite protests, Indonesia's Parliament has received a new draft of the Criminal Code that threatens to further chill political dissent and civic participation.

Even in the face of strong public protest over a set of proposed revisions to criminal laws that infringe Indonesians’ free expression rights, the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights last month sent to the Parliament a new draft of the Criminal Code (CC) that threatens to further chill...

Human Rights Watch presents this updated submission in advance of the 91st session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to assess South Sudan’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This follows Human Rights Watch’s submission to the Committee for their 88th pre-session on its review of South Sudan, and covers the following topics: detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, and protection of education from attack.

Download logoThe Tunisian authorities should immediately drop all charges against Salah Attia, a detained journalist who is on trial before a military

Section 10 of the Schools Act, 1996 states that no person may inflict corporal punishment against a learner at a school. It is a crime. More than two decades later, it's time for meaningful change.

We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in (...)

We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka.

We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in Sri…

Thai authorities should immediately drop the charges and release pro-democracy activists detained for insulting the monarchy (lese majeste).