For decades, the United Nations claimed its cadre of human rights experts would serve as the conscience of the international community: independent voices defending political prisoners, exposing ...

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This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the 47th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Maseru, Lesotho, on April 17, 2026.

This submission is based on Human Rights Watch’s research on the care law in Uruguay in 2024 regarding the characterization of some older persons as “dependent” and “living in situations of dependency ...