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Senior counsel on children's rights at Human Rights Watch (). Former legal and policy director, Amnesty International (). Views are my own.

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    A boy turns 6, locked up with strangers, not knowing when he’ll see his mother again. explains why Trump’s new order still gravely damages children and families seeking safety

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    13 hours ago

    L'industrie du diamant doit agir pour éviter les abus dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement lors de la réunion de cette semaine à Anvers.

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    13 hours ago

    Getting Danny: A woman’s quest to get custody of her 8-year-old Honduran nephew via

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    13 hours ago

    USG tore children from their mothers w/o any system to ensure they could find each other. . - The Washington Post

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    15 hours ago

    Speaking of cesspools, my report draws attention to those that I witnessed in Alabama as raw sewage poured into the gardens of people who could never afford to pay $30,000 for their own septic systems in an area remarkably close to the State capital.

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    17 hours ago

    I fled the Nazis as a child refugee. 's border policy echoes Europe's darkest days. My piece in

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    15 hours ago

    The United States position, expressed by Ambassador Haley seems to be that this Council should do far more to hold certain states to account, but that it should exempt the United States and its key allies from such accountability.

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    Jun 21

    A letter from where she blames for US withdrawal. She ends the letter by saying: “The US will continue to be a world leader for human rights for all people...” Except for children on its borders, women, migrants, refugees, people with disabilities....

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    14 hours ago

    . stop accepting the lie that separation was required by law! Laws require humane treatment of children that complies with child welfare law. and should not be changed. Family case management is 100% effective. and not in jails

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    14 hours ago

    If you want to help keep migrant families together, you can volunteer as a pro-bono attorney, translator or social worker, visit or give to the and help fight this! h/t

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    15 hours ago

    Oh, about the Trump administration's plan to reunite the separated kids? There is none. Worse yet, burden is on the kids-some toddlers-to find their parents. And they'd better be resourceful Another outstanding piece by

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    15 hours ago

    Amazon employees call on the company to stop providing facial recognition tech to ICE after family separation horrors, and say they "refuse to contribute to tools that violate human rights".

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    15 hours ago

    Canada should shelter torture survivor who helped . Sponsors in Quebec stand ready to help. Letter to

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    16 hours ago

    I can’t even.

    Consular officials are shifting into crisis mode, beginning to search for children as young as 9 months old who did not appear to have been carefully tracked by the federal authorities
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    15 hours ago

    Poland’s Supreme Court Stands Up for LGBT Equality This case is a striking example of how the government attempts to intervene in judicial independence and why defending the Supreme Court should be key priority for EU leaders.

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    16 hours ago

    State of play of current European plans on asylum processing outside the EU - no consensus, and worrying ideas across the board

    Commission defends Africa migrant plan ahead of summit
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    21 hours ago

    ICE has space to detain a little over 3000 families but the US immigration arrested about 9,500 people in families in May alone. Much like the Muslim Ban, they have NO plan for how to carry out this misguided executive order. What could go wrong?

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    Jun 21

    Australia's most famous export is now cruelty to refugees. Shameful.

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    Jun 21

    A message to from Conor, aged 4. He told his mum what to write on his poster.

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    Jun 20

    Texas Judge: "I can’t understand this. If someone at the jail takes your wallet, they give you a receipt. They take your kids, and you get nothing? Not even a slip of paper?"

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