Disasters and displaced populations

Following the World Humanitaruan Summit, governments and others that met in Istanbul should ensure that the often-overlooked needs of older people in crises get the attention they need and deserve.

May 24, 2016 Commentary

Helping Older People When Disaster Strikes

Marcus Skinner, HelpAge International
May 20, 2016 Commentary

LGBT People in Emergencies – Risks and Service Gaps

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Central African Republic

May 19, 2016 Report

Leave No One Behind

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May 17, 2016 Commentary

In Crises: Left Behind, Left Out

Bethany Brown
Researcher, Health and Human Rights Division
February 14, 2016 Statements

Human Rights Watch Submission on Gender Equality to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
November 2, 2015 News Release

China: New Ban on ‘Spreading Rumors’ About Disasters
October 1, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Britain Backtracks on Justice for Yemen

David Mepham
UK Director
August 17, 2015 Statements

Statement to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 11
June 4, 2015 Impact

Dispatches: From Despair to Hope in Central African Republic

Lewis Mudge
Africa researcher
May 20, 2015 News Release

Attacks on Health Facilities, Staff, Patients
May 11, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: With Disabilities in Yemen, Left in the Rubble

Shantha Rau Barriga
Director, Disability Rights
December 3, 2014 Statements

Written Statement of Amanda Klasing, Women's Rights Researcher, to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States Congress
May 28, 2014 Commentary

Menstrual Hygiene Day Links Periods and Human Rights

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: WeNews
November 14, 2012 News Release

Colombia: Obstacles to Care for Abused, Displaced Women
October 16, 2012 News Release

Colombia: Make Victims’ Rights Central to Peace Talks

May 19, 2016

Leave No One Behind

Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergencies
October 15, 2015

“There is No Time Left”

Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya
March 28, 2013

Hostages of the Gatekeepers

Abuses against Internally Displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia

Daily Brief

June 20, 2016

World Refugee Day; Turkish border guards shoot asylum seekers dead; EU refugee policy & Turkey; refugees helping to nab war criminals; refugee team at Olympics; investigating civilians killed in Aleppo, Syria; sexual violence in Sudan; and the "deadliest year ever" for environmental activists.

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