A criminalização da posse de drogas para uso pessoal é inconsistente com a autonomia e privacidade, princípios amplamente reconhecidos pelo direito internacional. O Brasil deveria focar em estratégias de saúde pública.
Nota da HRW Brasil:
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The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their islands by UK and US forces. Please join us in helping to give Chagossians an independent voice at the UN!

As #Georgia 's foreign agent bill goes to first committee hearings, Human Rights Watch joins our statement against the proposed law. 'Their goal is not transparency; it is to attack our basic rights and silence critical organizations.' hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

1/Leaders meeting in Paris on April 15 should address how the suffering, humanitarian crisis in #Sudan has been also worsened by ongoing violations, hampering of aid by warring sides, acts may amount to war crimes. New Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

Education is key to combat antisemitism in Germany — but not without building trust & involving those affected, the Jewish people.

Educational institutions have to be equipped to raise awareness about antisemitism & ensure students’ protection on campus.

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📣! New today from Human Rights Watch !📣

Analysis of World Health Organization (WHO) data from 190+ countries exposes failures to adequately fund health care at the height of the pandemic, and trends that have worsened inequalities between countries over the past 20 years

More 👇 (w/ charts!)
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#France has failed to take measures to end pervasive #racial #profiling by 🇫🇷 police.

HRW en français, #Pazapas Belleville, #MCDS , #REAJI & Amnesty International France filed a communication before the UN’s anti-racism body alleging 🇫🇷 is violating its int’l obligations.🧵

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#Nigeria : 10yrs after #BokoHaram abducted 276 Chibok schoolgirls, over 90 remain unaccounted for & more than 1600 children have since been abducted or kidnapped as the government’s plans to make schools safe continue to fall short. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1… Human Rights Watch

En El Salvador 🇸🇻 los ciclos de violencia continúan.

Agustín tenía 12 años cuando las pandillas intentaron reclutarlo y 16 cuando fue capturado por policías y soldados durante el régimen de excepción, enfrentando graves abusos.

Esta es su historia👇🏽hrw.org/es/news/2024/0…

During #IndiaElection2024 potential threats to online space because of rising control over digital platforms & amassing personal data Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

🧵In Dec, Human Rights Watch found Israel using starvation of Gaza as a weapon of war, a war crime. Today, we detail its deadly consequences: kids not only killed in airstrikes but now dying from malnutrition, dehydration, and other starvation-related complications.
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“Rafah, a city of children.”

UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder on the more than 600,000 children trapped in #Rafah , with nowhere safe to go.

Children need a ceasefire. Now.

Why is women’s tennis 🎾 flagship event going to repressive #SaudiArabia , where peaceful critics are jailed and the “male guardianship” system denies women+girls basic human rights?

My column in Forbes: forbes.com/sites/minkywor…

#Senegal 🧵Human Rights Agenda for President Faye
Human Rights Watch outlined 5recommendations to improve human rights urging Faye, during his term in office, to:
👉fight impunity for security forces’ abuse;
👉protect freedoms of expression+assembly+association;
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I'm honored to be part of the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action on May 3rd. We're fighting for education, racial justice and democracy.

Pull up to this event on Thursday to learn more:
bit.ly/F2L_ROAD2NDOA24

#FreedomToLearn #FreedomSummer2024 Human Rights Watch African American Policy Forum

🚨The UN Human Rights Council affirms the human rights of #intersex persons, adopting its ~first-ever~ resolution on discrimination, violence, & harmful practices against people born with variations in their sex characteristics. #HRC55 Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

Today we launched one of our most ambitious projects yet: Voter Voices. About 30 #Colorado newsrooms are teaming up to ask voters what they want candidates to talk about as they compete for their votes. Our key partner, CPR News , wrote about it.
cpr.org/2024/04/02/vot…

Breaking: new Human Rights Watch report documents another apparent Israeli war crime—Oct 31 strike on central Gaza apartment building killing 106+ civilians, including 54 kids, many playing football. No evidence of military target—making strike unlawfully indiscriminate hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza killed seven aid workers with the international food charity World Central Kitchen.

Those providing desperately needed food and humanitarian aid should be protected from such attacks.

💥 #Breaking : IDF sources tell @YanivKub 'The humanitarian aid workers were killed because commanders on the ground lack discipline– it had nothing to do with coordination.' haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…