In the 1950s, the false “refrigerator mother” theory fueled stigma & denied children with autism support. Today, Trump & Kennedy repeat unfounded claims linking vaccines or Tylenol to autism—risking more fear, blame & discrimination. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

The US maritime attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessels violate international human rights law and amount to extrajudicial killings www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Today marks a devastating anniversary that should make everyone angry – furious even. The education ban is cruel, harmful, and unlawful. It tells girls their dreams end when the classroom door slams shut when they reach age 12, simply because of their gender.

🌟 It's here! Today, Brazil’s President Lula signed a landmark law to protect children's rights online. Brazil is now the first country in Latin America to pass such a dedicated law for kids. 🇧🇷 (En): www.hrw.org/news/2025/09... (Pt): www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...

Egyptian authorities have since July carried out an abusive campaign of mass arrests and prosecutions targeting online content creators. Authorities arrested or prosecuted at least 29 people for online content, including at least 19 women and a child www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

New @hrw.org findings: A South African firm has moved large amounts of toxic lead waste from a former mine dump in Zambia, putting the health of residents, esp. children, at risk. The Zambian govt suspend these operations & protect residents' rights. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

The escalating women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international protection of rights of women and girls. The international community should fill this gap by making gender apartheid a crime against humanity under international law. gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/g...

🌟 Breaking good news! Brazil’s Senate just passed a bill to protect children’s rights online… for the second time. The bill now awaits President Lula’s signature. 🇧🇷 (En): www.hrw.org/news/2025/08... (Pt): www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...

The Trump administration is doubling down on its attack on the #ICC and the rule of law: www.state.gov/releases/off... ‼️ICC member countries should speak up and take action in defense of the court and its critical global mandate‼️ See @hrw.org's reaction from Liz Evenson 👇

New @hrw.org report documents summary executions of 140+ civilians by the #Rwanda‑backed #M23 in 14 villages/farmlands in eastern #DRCongo in July 2025. Laws of war remain binding, even during peace negotiations. Those responsible should be brought to justice. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

I've never seen an OpEd quite like this before: What would pre-school children across the world do to improve access to early years education? Erini Gkouskou shares their views with ‪@nurseryworld.bsky.social‬: www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opin... #ChildRights

🚨 Broken bones. Amputated finger. Loss of vision. Concussions. Deep lacerations. Severe bruising. Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law. NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces and US-backed contractors have turned Gaza aid distribution into a death trap. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while seeking food. Our new @hrw investigation exposes the system behind the slaughter. 1/6 🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

🚨 Israeli forces have killed hundreds of starving Palestinians seeking food in Gaza. These are not isolated incidents; these are war crimes. Our latest investigation lays out the evidence. #Gaza #WarCrimes 🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

The UK gov plans to experiment with facial age estimation tech on vulnerable young people. But refugee children need care, not algorithms. This tech isn't the solution - instead, it creates new potentially life-changing risks, as @techchildrights.bsky.social and I write. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Did you know that the UK gov't is planning an AI experiment on children seeking asylum? 🤯 Experimenting with unproven tech to decide whether to protect a child is cruel and unconscionable. Do better, UK. Here's my latest with @abacci.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Whether they perform surgery, pick fruit or tobacco, teach children, play music, or pack meat, immigrants' hands deserve dignity: not human rights violations. #ConEstasManos #WithTheseHands HRW shares this video in solidarity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXq...

Women held in male-only ICE facilities. People punished for seeking mental health care. Deaths that may have been linked to medical neglect. @hrw.org AI Justice & @sanctuarylegalservices.com call for urgent reforms to end these abuses. #ImmigrationDetention #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Maksym Chernyak came to the US from Ukraine seeking safety. He died in ICE custody. This is his story. www.hrw.org/report/2025/... 🧵

Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...

🚨This is a busy week for the #ICC & its members in New York, with two important events taking place at the UN 👇 1️⃣On July 7-9, ICC member countries will meet for a special session to discuss the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression: asp.icc-cpi.int/sessions/doc...

US President Donald Trump toured the newly opened immigration detention complex nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” this week. By opening the complex, the US government is expanding a system already rife with inhumane conditions, neglect, and dehumanizing treatment.

Girls and young women in South Sudan face constant violence often with no judicial response. Authorities should ensure adequate protections and their enforcement www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... @hrw.org

"Inclusion starts early." Early education is the foundation for lifelong growth for kids with intellectual disabilities, says @inclusionintl.bsky.social ahead of treaty negotiations to recognize #ChildRights to early childhood & free pre-primary education: inclusion-international.org/news-item/pu...

“It’s appalling that President Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires” @mattcconnell.bsky.social @hrw.org on the catastrophe of a budget the senate just passed www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

🇭🇹 Haiti needs urgent support to address its security crisis. The police are under-resourced and overwhelmed. This is the story of a 24-year-old student and his brother, a police officer, who both fled after criminal groups took over their neighborhood in Port-au-Prince:

🇭🇹Violence in Haiti has displaced over 245,000 people in recent months. A 52-year-old single mother and teacher from Port-au-Prince told me how, after 20 years of living & working in peace, she lost everything when criminal groups attacked her neighborhood in April:

🇭🇹Violence and human rights abuses are forcing thousands to flee their homes in #Haiti. A young woman who fled Port-au-Prince earlier this year shared her story with @hrw.org after seeking refuge in Cap-Haïtien. This is her testimony. 🧵

New editorial from @jtodres.bsky.social explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for #ChildRights scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights: brill.com/view/journal...

US aid cuts have closed schools for #Rohingya kids in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Who could help? Rohingya teachers, who set up their own schools with $0 international funding. If #Bangladesh recognized these schools, they could grow. New from @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06... #ChildRights

L’éducation n’est pas seulement un droit pour tous les enfants, elle est obligatoire en France de 3 à 16 ans. Pourtant à Mayotte des milliers d’enfants sont privés d'accès à l'éducation et à d'autres services sociaux essentiels. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Despite being added to the UN's “list of shame” for violations against children in armed conflict, Israel's and Russia’s abuses have only increased; neither has engaged with the UN to negotiate an action plan to end their violations. My new dispatch: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

In armed conflict, violations against children have soared. The UN SG reports more than 41,000 violations -- 25% above last year. My new dispatch on the SG's devastating new report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Today marks #Juneteenth, a day honoring the end of slavery in the United States. But the symbolism of this day doesn't address the enduring legacy of enslavement. This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.

🌍 121 countries have endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration - that’s 121 reasons to believe in collective protection for students and teachers in conflict zones. Read the updated @gcpea.bsky.social fact sheet to learn how education is being safeguarded in conflict contexts. #ProtectEducation

It’s time to climate-proof education. 📖 Read GCPEA’s latest report: “Protecting Education from Attack in the Context of Climate Change” 🔗 protectingeducation.org/publication/... #EducationUnderAttack #ProtectEducation #SafeSchools #ClimateSecurity #GCPEA #WorldEnvironmentDay

🔹 WE’RE HIRING – ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT 🌍 Remote | Apply by June 19 | Start: July 1 Join @gcpea.bsky.social as a ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT on a new initiative to strengthen accountability and support justice processes globally. More details - protectingeducation.org/job/accounta...

The Trump administration’s new travel ban is just one of many harmful, arbitrary, and discriminatory policies. The US government should work toward a rights-respecting approach to immigration policy that protects the dignity of immigrants.

Tomorrow, the German city of Aachen honors EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu w/ Charlemagne award for her "impetus" for the EU Green Deal. ‼️But @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu has made a U-turn & is dismantling the Green Deal, incl EU supply chains law #CSDDD. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

🚨 New @hrw report: Russian attacks in Ukraine are killing more civilians in 2025 than last year. Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers. No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes. 📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights

The UN Child Rights Committee condemns mass starvation of children in Gaza amid aid blockades: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

10 ways the future #CrimesAgainstHumanity Treaty can better protect children -- with @Veroaubert @JanineMorna @glsurvivorsfund www.justsecurity.org/113376/justi...

Right now, the US House is considering a bill that would make health care less available, less affordable, and of poorer quality for millions If you live in the US, use the info below to get in touch with your Congressmembers and tell them to reject these cuts! #HandsOffMedicaid

A new law in Peru🇵🇪 purports to combat sexual violence against children and adolescents, but instead undermines freedom of expression and access to information and discriminates against transgender people. Peru should urgently repeal this law. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

As discussions on a draft #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty continue, @zamahrw.bsky.social, Janine Morna, @veroaubert.bsky.social, and Zoe Bertrand write that States should incorporate provisions that enhance justice for children. www.justsecurity.org/113376/justi...

Last year, 13-year-old Freja from Canada participated in the UN negotiations beginning the process for a new treaty to strengthen the right to free education for all children. In @gemreport.bsky.social's blog, she shares her reflections: world-education-blog.org/2025/05/08/a... #ChildParticipation

Trump is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments everywhere have a duty to push back. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Honored to have taken part in yday's conference launching effort to embed #ChildJustice in new #CAHtreaty, & to join other #intlaw experts & groups in endorsing paper below, authored by @veroaubert.bsky.social, Zoe Bertand, Janine Morna & @zamahrw.bsky.social

The world is moving towards an international treaty on crimes against humanity. A huge opportunity to enhance justice for children - governments should consider kids now. We have some ideas in a new paper released today: cahtreatynow.org/justice-for-... @hrw.org @veroaubert.bsky.social