April 05
Zambia: Zambia - Submission to the African Committee of Experts On the Rights and Welfare of the Child
43rd Ordinary Session Read more »
March 27
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
We write in advance of the 98th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Ethiopia. This submission focuses on children's rights violations in the… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Egypt: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
We write in advance of the 96th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Egypt. This submission focuses on children's rights abuses by Egyptian… Read more »
Mali: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
We write in advance of the 96th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the "Committee") and its review of Mali. This submission focuses on children's rights… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Africa: Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally
Expanded International Law Could Accelerate Progress Read more »
May 08, 2023
Sierra Leone: Centre Girls' Voices in Education Reforms
New Law Should Require Greater Inclusion of Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Read more »
February 27, 2023
Senegal: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
We write in advance of the 95th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Senegal. This submission focuses on barriers to realizing the right to… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Togo: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
94th Pre-session Read more »
August 19, 2022
South Sudan: South Sudan - Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
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… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Africa: Submission to the Committee On the Rights of the Child Review of São Tomé and Príncipe
This submission relates to the review of São Tomé and Príncipe under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission focuses on teenage pregnancy… Read more »
Mauritius: Submission to the Committee On the Rights of the Child Review of Mauritius
This submission relates to the review of Mauritius under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission focuses on teenage pregnancy and child marriage and protecting… Read more »
May 26, 2021
Uganda: Uganda - Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
Meager Government Aid Leaves Children Working Long Hours for Little Pay Read more »
August 05, 2019
Uganda: Street Children Rounded up in Kampala
"They took us at night, so we didn't know where we were being taken," 11-year-old Jonathan (not his real name) told me. Read more »