June 17, 2021
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the CEDAW Committee on the rights of Indigenous women and girls
Committee’s Day of General Discussion, June 2021
![201909WRD_Indonesia_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909wrd_indonesia_main.jpg?itok=YDQFEB8Y)
June 17, 2021
Kim Jong Un Acknowledges Food Crisis in North Korea
Border to Remain Closed, Blocking Essential Trade and Food
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a Workers' Party meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 15, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105northkorea_food_shortage_kim_jong_un.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=rSKO2wth)
June 17, 2021
New ‘Undesirables’ Law Expands Activists’ Danger Zone
While most eyes were on Geneva, the Duma intensified its crackdown on dissent.
![Anastasia Shevchenko and Mikhail Iosilevich. Both have been prosecuted under Russia’s law on “undesirable” foreign organizations.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105russia_undesirable_laws.jpg?h=94907b86&itok=7evKncz-)
June 17, 2021
Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken: Proposed Thailand Law Threatens Civil Society Organizations Combatting Human Trafficking
![Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha delivers a televised speech in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202003asia_thailand_prayut_covid.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=x6ymdlF0)
June 17, 2021
Canada: Abuse, Discrimination in Immigration Detention
Thousands Held; Systemic Change Needed
![Image in shades of red with a fence in front of seated people.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106drd_canada_idreportillustration.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=hikTmlQ_)
June 16, 2021
EU: Protect Lives on Central Mediterranean Route
20-Point Action Plan to Protect People at Sea and on the Move
![Migrants and refugees on an overcrowded rubber boat during a rescue by the Spanish NGO Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 12, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106eca_spain_migrants.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=1ubZ3UBA)
June 16, 2021
Armenia: Malicious Prosecution of Activist
Drop Charges Against Rights Defender Sashik Sultanyan
![Sashik Sultanyan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106eca_armenia_Sultanyan.jpg?h=ee11ccbc&itok=sfW44pXc)
June 16, 2021
Africa: Prioritize Education to Safeguard Children’s Rights
Guarantee Free Education for All; Tackle Abuses
![“Angela,” 20, walks with her son near her home after returning from school in Migori county, western Kenya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806africa_au_photo2.jpg?itok=ere1WOkM)
June 16, 2021
Celebrating 10 Years of Global Domestic Workers’ Rights
How an Undervalued Workforce and Allies Secured Sweeping Labor Protections
![Domestic worker leaders chant “Up up domestic workers, down down with slavery” after the ILO vote to adopt the Domestic Workers Convention, June 16, 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105wrd_domestic_workers_3.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=JMiGU93a)
June 16, 2021
Progress on Domestic Workers’ Rights, but Gaps Remain
Video Celebrates the 10-Year Anniversary of a Landmark Treaty
![Domestic worker and human rights organizations join forces in Geneva, to demonstrate alongside the opening policy negotiations. June 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105wrd_domestic_workers_1.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=JBtMWaBG)
June 16, 2021
ICC: New Prosecutor Takes Up Mandate
Reinforce Office’s Independence; Meet Victims’ Hopes for Justice
![ICC permanent premises](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903ij_hague_icc8.jpg?itok=1PHTo9tZ)