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Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “Committee”) ahead of its consideration of a List of Issues for the upcoming review of the Philippines.

A new political declaration holds great potential to protect civilians in armed conflict by having governments commit to avoid bombing and shelling populated villages, towns, and cities, Human Rights Watch said today.

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

This submission relates to articles 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 19, 24, 28, 37, 39, and 40 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and focuses on access to education during the Covid-19 pandemic; police abuse, detention, and torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of children; treatment of migrant children; protection of education from attack; girls’ access to abortion; and violence against children under the care of the National Service for Minors (SENAME).

Protests at universities and statements from the International Science Council denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine point to the beginning of a m

Protests at universities and statements from the International Science Council denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine point to the beginning of a m

Protests at universities and statements from the International Science Council denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine point to the beginning of a m

Canada and its universities have roles to play in providing safe spaces to scholars in regions where research is under threat due to conflict and repression.

English News and Press Release on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 25 May 2021 by OSRSG Children and Armed Conflict

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on China 80th pre-session Attacks on women’s rights activists including in the context of the #MeToo movement (Articles 1, 2, 3, and 7) Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years.[1] Since the Chinese gov...