Juliane Kippenberg
Juliane Kippenberg is an associate director in the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. She began working at Human Rights Watch in 1999. For more than 15 years, she has carried out human rights research in Africa. One of her areas of expertise is sexual violence in the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and she has conducted extensive research and advocacy on child labor and on the child's right to health care. From 1999 to 2005, Kippenberg led a project for the protection and capacity building of Central African nongovernmental organizations. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she worked as campaigner at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. She holds a master's degree in understanding and securing human rights from the University of London, and graduate degrees in African history and French from the University of Hamburg, Germany.
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- Dispatches
Bid to Jail Kids in the Philippines
- Commentary
Child Labor in Our Smart Phones and Watches—And What the OECD Should Do About It
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- Mercury: A Health and Human Rights Issue
- Lives in the Balance: The Human Cost of Environmental Neglect
- EU should help end impunity of Congo war criminals
- New Unicef guidelines on children will fall flat without backing from business
- End Child Labor in Gold Mines
- Mercury Treaty: Hope for Child Gold Miners?
- The Jewellery Industry Needs a Gold Standard to Protect Workers from Abuse
- Tanzania: Let’s Tackle the Primary School Leaving Exam
- Child Labor and Environmental Health: Government Obligations and Human Rights
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Reports Authored
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Human Rights in Supply Chains
A Call for a Binding Global Standard on Due Diligence
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Toxic Toil
Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania’s Small-Scale Gold Mines
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A Poisonous Mix
Child Labor, Mercury, and Artisanal Gold Mining in Mali
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Needless Pain
Government Failure to Provide Palliative Care for Children in Kenya
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Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone
Sexual Violence and Military Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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A Question of Life or Death
Treatment Access for Children Living With HIV in Kenya
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Bottom of the Ladder
Exploitation and Abuse of Girl Domestic Workers in Guinea
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A High Price to Pay
Detention of Poor Patients in Burundian Hospitals
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Seeking Justice
The Prosecution of Sexual Violence in the Congo War
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The War Within the War
Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo
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