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Daily Brief, 11 April, 2024

We are writing to encourage the European Union to take bold, concrete steps to support the broad response needed to address all dimensions of the crisis in Haiti, including by supporting the establishment of a United Nations-authorized security support mission with all necessary human rights safeguards. Urgent action is needed to help prevent the situation from spiraling even further out of control and to ensure that Haitians’ basic rights are respected and their security and humanitarian needs are met.

Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to put in place and sustain crucial measures to provide a secure learning environment for every child.

Racial profiling by French police violates international human rights law, five French and international groups said in a complaint filed today with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

New data from the World Health Organization shows that many governments around the world did not meet public healthcare spending benchmarks amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The new information indicates possible violations of countries’ obligations to the human right to health.

Women’s tennis has advocated for women’s rights since before Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “battle of the sexes” 50 years ago. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) was a prime mover behind Title IX, the U.S. law that gave millions of women and girls equal opportunities in sport and education.

Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has declared unconstitutional a 2021 amendment that barred the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE), an independent body which oversees surveillance powers, from informing citizens of state surveillance on “national security” grounds.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court will rule on a petition that could result in dissolving the country’s main opposition party and banning its leaders from politics, Human Rights Watch said today.

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