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We write in advance of the 97th Pre-Sessional Working Group Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) and its review of Guatemala to highlight areas of concern regarding the government of Guatemala’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission addresses articles 28, 3, 6, 24, and 29 of the Convention and covers access to education, health care, and the protection of education from attack.

We write in advance of the 97th Pre-Sessional Working Group Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Honduras to highlight areas of concern regarding the government of Honduras' compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission addresses articles 3, 6, 24, 28 and 29 of the Convention and covers access to abortion and emergency contraceptives, and access to education.

This memorandum, submitted to the CEDAW Committee in advance of adopting its list of issues on Israel in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), addresses articles 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention.

On 7 August 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) and Land Watch Thai (LWT) filed a joint submission for the preparation by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of a List of Issues (LOI)