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imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h_linked"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-crop-200w-133h/media/images/report-covers/southsudan0313_reportcover.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h"/></a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/03/04/look-us-merciful-eye">"Look at Us with a Merciful Eye"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-subtitle-value"> <span class="field-content">Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-cover-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/03/04/look-us-merciful-eye" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h imagecache-linked imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h_linked"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-crop-200w-133h/media/images/report-covers/yemen0313_reportcover_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h"/></a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/by-issue/publications/669">More >></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-4 pane-taxonomy-news-listing"> <h2 class="pane-title">Children's Rights</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-7"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/trials-child-marriage">The Trials of Child Marriage</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 13, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In Yemen, South Sudan, and other parts of the world, instead of going to school or spending time with their friends and families, girls, some as young as 8, are married -- often to much older men. If the girls don’t want to marry, their families generally force them. After they are wed, life often changes for the worse.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/central-african-republic-rampant-abuses-after-coup">Central African Republic: Rampant Abuses After Coup</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic on March 24, 2013, have committed grave violations against civilians, including pillage, summary executions, rape, and torture.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/08/sex-offenders-aren-t-all-monsters">Sex Offenders Aren’t All Monsters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 8, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sex offender laws are meant to protect children, but research increasingly shows the severe damage they cause, reports Nicole Pittman.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/saudi-arabia-let-all-girls-play-sports">Saudi Arabia: Let All Girls Play Sports</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Saudi Arabia should allow all girls in the kingdom, including public school students, to play sports in school.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/dubais-child-labor-complicity">Dubai's child labor complicity</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Dubai confirmed its position as an international trade hub for gold in April. At a precious metals conference in the city, the United Arab Emirates’ government announced that the gold traded in the country in 2012 exceeded $70 billion, more than a quarter of the world’s global gold demand that year. Gold refiners and traders like Dubai as a tax-free, business-friendly, well-functioning location.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/us-more-harm-good">US: More Harm Than Good</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A web of federal and state laws apply to people under 18 who have committed any of a wide range of sex offenses, from the very serious, like rape, to the relatively innocuous, such as public nudity.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/qa-raised-registry">Q&A: Raised on the Registry</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Questions and answers about Human Rights Watch's recent report, "Raised on the Registry: The Irreparable Harm of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries in the US."</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/turkmenistanuzbekistan-abuses-international-spotlight">Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Abuses in International Spotlight</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan’s highly repressive policies are coming up for rare international scrutiny on April 22 and 24, 2013. United Nations member countries gathering at the Human Rights Council in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure should seize the opportunity to expose and denounce the ongoing repression in both countries and press for concrete steps to end abuses.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/mali-end-child-labor-gold-mines">Mali: End Child Labor in Gold Mines</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Malian government should take immediate action to address child labor in mining instead of denying it. Human Rights Watch published an in-depth report on the issue in December 2011, but Malian authorities attacked this research at a news conference earlier in April 2013 and rejected well-documented evidence that child labor is used in the country’s mines.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/protect-rights-women-girls-disabilities">Protect rights of women, girls with disabilities</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/669">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193708/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193708/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8671517/k.3F9E/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193708/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193708/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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