Child marriage can easily be forced or coerced by parents. Research on the impacts of child marriage shows it is deeply harmful putting girls at risk of negative health problems, interrupted education, poverty, and domestic violence.

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The Myanmar and Chinese governments have failed to stem the trafficking of ethnic Kachin women and girls as “brides” to families in China. 

Japan’s government should stop forcing transgender people to be surgically sterilized if they want legal recognition of their gender identity.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been doing everything he can to undermine the checks and balances on his power; by compromising judges, restricting journalists, undermining civil society, and impeding investigations into corruption

Although the Kazakh government has taken some important steps to better protect the rights of children with disabilities, much more needs to be done to ensure equal access to education for all children.

 Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019.

Children involved in armed conflict are entitled to rehabilitation and reintegration, not torture and prison.

Russian authorities have been interfering with performances of rappers and other musicians popular with younger audiences, forcing them to cancel concerts in acts of censorship that violate freedom of expression.