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June 20, 2024 News Release

China: UN Should Act on Crimes Against Humanity

Rights Groups Urge UN Rights Chief to Follow up on Xinjiang Report

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, November 16, 2023.
June 20, 2024 News Release

Attacks on Education in War Surge Globally

Palestine, Other Major Conflicts Drive Much of the Increase

A 14-year-old girl looks at her old school, which was damaged by conflict, in Dara’a Albalad, Syria, on February 7, 2022. © UNICEF/UN0635253/Shahan
June 20, 2024 News Release

Ukraine: Forced Russified Education Under Occupation

Imposition of Russian Curriculum; Anti-Ukrainian Propaganda

Copies of textbooks arranged on a table
June 20, 2024 Witness

A Teacher’s Ordeal in Ukraine

During Occupation, He Was Tortured for Refusing to Hand Over School Documents

Vitaliy in his home
June 19, 2024 Statement

International Campaign to Ban Landmines Presentation for Mine Ban Treaty Panel on Strengthening Norms

Delivered by Steve Goose, Arms Campaigns Director

Use of banned antipersonnel landmines by both Russian and Ukrainian forces. Russian forces have used at least eight types of antipersonnel landmines, while Ukrainian forces apparently used rocket-launched PFM antipersonnel landmines in Izium, while it was under Russian occupation, from April to early September. The mines injured dozens of civilians, many of whom had to have limbs amputated.
June 19, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement at the 56th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council

June 19, 2024 News Release

Sudan: Unlawful Attacks on Civilians, Infrastructure

UN, AU Should Immediately Act to Ensure Protection in Darfur, Elsewhere

Houses on fire, southwest of Abu Shouk camp.
June 19, 2024 News Release

US: Florida School Laws Discriminate against Black, LGBTQ People

Censorship Spurs National Education Crisis; Federal Government Should Act

A group of high school students hold signs in front of a school building
June 18, 2024 Commentary

We Can’t ‘Agree to Disagree’ When Human Rights Are on the Line

Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, left, and Li Qiang, China's premier, at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, June 18, 2024.
June 18, 2024 Report

China: Hundreds of Uyghur Village Names Change

Part of Broader Government Effort to Erase Uyghur Culture in Xinjiang

A signboard reads "Welcome to Hotan Unity New Village" in Hotan, Xinjiang, September 21, 2018.
June 18, 2024 Statement

Tunisia: Joint Statement Calling for End to Crackdown

June 18, 2024 Dispatches

Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in Thailand

Other Asia-Pacific Governments Should Follow Example of LGBT Rights Progress

People in Bangkok hold rainbow flags celebrating the passage of Thailand’s Marriage Equality Act, June 18, 2024.
June 18, 2024 News Release

UN: Strengthen Rights in ‘Pact for the Future’ Talks

Member Countries Should Act on Global Poverty, Inequality, Climate

UN Headquarters
June 18, 2024 Letter

Human Rights Recommendations for The Pact for the Future (Annex)

June 18, 2024 Letter

Letter to UN Permanent Representatives with recommendations for the Pact for the Future

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