Human Rights Watch

This report uses available data and recent interviews conducted with indigenous women, social workers, and police officers, to scrutinize the relationship between indigenous women and girls and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in northern and rural communities in British Colombia, Canada. The report highlights authorities' failure to deal with the disproportionately high rates of murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada and discusses the impact of residential schools and systemic discrimination on indigenous communities' relationships with

This report highlights the challenges in accountability regarding maternal health care issues in South Africa. It also discusses the broader relationship between maternal health care and international human rights. The article lists a number of international treaties that South Africa has signed and ratified, all of which state that maternal rights are guaranteed rights. The article argues that through its lack of accountability in maternal health care violations, South Africa is in violation of multiple international treaties. The article concludes by making a number of

In 2013, the ILO Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (Domestic Workers Convention or C189) entered into legal force. This groundbreaking new treaty and its accompanying Recommendation (No. 201) established the first global standards for over 50 million domestic workers worldwide, the majority of whom are women and girls, and many of whom are migrants. Under the new convention, domestic workers are entitled to the same basic rights as those available to other workers. The report charts government advances in labour law reform and the

This report profiles 17 Syrian refugee women who have fled the country as a result of the current ongoing conflict. They have taken on various roles including political activist, caregiver, humanitarian, and provider. Their experiences reveal how the conflict particularly impacts women. Many of the profiled women have experienced torture, sexual assault, physical abuse, or harassment at the hands of government and pro-government forces (as well as by armed groups opposed to the government) because of their activism. The report takes the general position that the international