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Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming ...
Human Rights Watch is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we ...
I am the Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch and have worked with the organization since 2022. I hold BAs in Law and Political Science from the Universidad de los Andes ...
Saudi authorities have released dozens of people serving long prison terms for peacefully exercising their rights yet ...
The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...
The U.K. chapter of the world’s largest human-rights organization, Amnesty International, echoed the marchers’ point of view.
Several human rights groups have collaborated on a working paper which details how governments should set human rights as ...
On Tuesday, the Trump administration froze federal funding for several organizations across the United States that provide ...
Human Rights Watch is honored to address the African Committee of Experts at its 45th Ordinary Session, and join it in celebrating 35 years since the adoption of the African Children’s Charter.
We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch ahead of your visit to Vietnam to urge you to raise strong concerns and the ...
The undersigned Tunisian and international civil society organizations condemn the Tunisian government’s decision to withdraw ...
The detention of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, has sparked criticism from the opposition and human rights organizations. Emma Sinclair-Webb from Human Rights Watch described it as a "blatant ...