Summary: This is the first of two reports, prepared at the request of MADRE, the international women’s human rights organisation. The first report focuses on the rape laws andprocedures in five jurisdictions while the second one will compare current...
[9 January 2012] - Two years after an earthquake flattened Haiti, the country’s children are slowly experiencing improvements in their living standards despite continuing challenges, a United Nations report announced today.
“There is...
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Summary: El gobierno y los donantes deberían mejorar las condiciones sanitarias y la seguridad en los campos de refugiados. [PUERTO PRÍNCIPE, 30 de agosto de 2011] - Las mujeres y niñas en Haití enfrentan problemas para acceder...
Summary: De graves difficultés d'accès aux services de santé affectent des femmes et des jeunes filles vulnérables qui sont toujours dans des camps de personnes déplacées depuis le tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010.(Port-au-Prince, le 30 ao...
Summary: This documents the lack of access to reproductive and maternal care in post-earthquake Haiti, even with unprecedented availability of free healthcare services. The report also describes how hunger has led women to trade sex for food and how...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights staged its 141st session from 21 March – 1 April 2011 in Washington, D.C., USA.
During the session, the Commission held hearings and meetings on a range of persistent human rights violations in the...
Summary: Testimonies presented at a hearing on sexual violence.Petitioners: International Women's Human Rights Clinic at CUNY / MADRE / Women's Link Worldwide / KOFAVIV / FAFILEK / Institute for Justice...
This 21st annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2010 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic...
