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class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single">Sep 13 2012</span></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main" class="clear-block"> <div id="content" class="clear-block"> <div class="panel-display panel-1col clear-block" id="citiespanel"> <div class="panel-panel panel-col"> <div><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-cities-featured-content"> <h2 class="pane-title">Cities Feature</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-cities-featured-content view-id-cities_featured_content view-display-id-default view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/658X380/media/images/photographs/2011_Somalia_childsoldiers.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-658X380 imagecache-default imagecache-658X380_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">US Should Stop Funding Governments That Use Child Soldiers</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-notes-value"> <div class="field-content">The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008--authored by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D)--prohibits military aid to governments that use child soldiers. Several of these countries, however, continue to receive US military assistance, despite exploiting children as young as 11. The Obama administration cannot tolerate such behavior, and it must make clear to these nations that US aid will be withheld should they fail to cease their use of child soldiers.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-links-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423/http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/135981.pdf">See the original legislation here</a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-cities-list-content"> <h2 class="pane-title">In the News</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-cities-list-content view-id-cities_list_content view-display-id-default view-dom-id-3"> <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"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-200x/media/images/photographs/2011_USA_prisongate.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-200x imagecache-default imagecache-scale-200x_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">California Passes Bill to Allow Review of Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences: Illinois Should Follow Suit</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-links-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423/http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/SB-9-Amendment-2-2-121.pdf">Read the bill here</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-nid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122223423/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/16/uscalifornia-chance-justice-youth">US/California: Chance for Justice for Youth</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-notes-value"> <div class="field-content">Only weeks after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down statutes in 29 states, including Illinois, that provided for mandatory life-without-parole sentences for children, the California State Assembly and California State Senate have passed a bill that allows the review of life without parole sentences for youth offenders. Illinois should recognize children's capacity for change and follow suit.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">June 12, 2012</span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-200x/media/images/photographs/chi-rally-to-close-tamms-20120404.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-200x imagecache-default imagecache-scale-200x_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Update: Governor Quinn Announces Closure of Tamms Correctional Facility</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-links-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423/http://www.yearten.org/">SUPPORT TAMMS' CLOSURE</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-nid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122223423/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/08/illinois-proposed-closure-tamms-supermax-step-right-direction">Illinois: Proposed Closure of Tamms Supermax a Step in the Right Direction</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-notes-value"> <div class="field-content">Tamms Correctional Facility, Illinois' only supermaximum security prison, is slated to be closed as part of an effort by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to reduce the state's spending. The facility's closure also represents an advance for human rights. Long term solitary confinement is tantamount to torture and fails to meet international human rights standards. Tamms is scheduled to close by August 31, 2012.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2012</span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-200x/media/images/photographs/2010_afghanistan_womensprisons.JPG" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-200x imagecache-default imagecache-scale-200x_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">NATO Summit in Chicago: "Dereliction of Duty"</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-links-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/22/dereliction_of_duty">READ MORE</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-nid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122223423/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/03/28/i-had-run-away">“I Had To Run Away”</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-notes-value"> <div class="field-content">The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held meetings in Chicago from May 20-21. As the announced departure of US and NATO forces in 2014 draws closer, many Afghan women look to the future with fear. They worry that the troop pullout signals the end of interest in Afghanistan, and with it the international commitment to push the Afghan government to promote and protect women's rights. Stay informed about the situation in Afghanistan and help us keep women's rights at the top of the agenda.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2012</span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-200x/media/images/photographs/2005_USA_LWOP.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-200x imagecache-default imagecache-scale-200x_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Fair Sentencing for Illinois Youth?</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-links-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223423/http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cfjc/jlwop/">JOIN THE FAIR SENTENCING COALITION</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-nid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122223423/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/05/19/us-young-are-different-justices-rule">US: The Young Are Different, Justices Rule</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-cities-content-notes-value"> <div class="field-content">The Chicago Committee of Human Rights Watch is a member of the Illinois Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Children, a project of the Northwestern Children and Family Justice Clinic. 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