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Al-Haq is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade ... Charities Oxfam and Amnesty International, as well as Human Rights Watch, all intervened in the case.
Human Rights Watch reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China, given that no guarantees or improvements have been secured over its past ...
Legal experts and human rights defenders inside the country and outside predicted it would be a “disaster for human rights.” Now, two years on, it’s clearer than ever those warnings were right.
Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates, Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to address the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ...
With just over one year until the World Cup opening match, immediate action is needed to address policies that directly contradict FIFA's stated values of human rights, inclusion and global ...
Human Rights Watch has written a letter on the matter to French President Emmanuel Macron, who is scheduled to visit Hanoi on May 25-27.
Recent threats and attacks on journalists and news outlets in Indonesia are having a chilling effect on the country’s media.
Afghans, especially women and girls, face one of the most severe humanitarian and human rights crises in the world.
I am writing to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch in advance of the upcoming G7 Leaders’ Summit, to be held from June 15-17, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. We note Canada’s intention to ...
This policy brief draws on Human Rights Watch research and engagement with the AU, notably during Mahamat’s second term from 2021 to 2025. Considering the proliferation of armed conflicts in ...
This steamrollers other rights, like the right to food and health. The government’s extreme human rights abuses and its weapons programs are very much interconnected.
This submission to Panama’s Ministry of the Environment provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s main recommendations with respect to the “Executive Decree, which regulates the national ...