Guinea’s military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political activists, make their ...

HRW says Asmara’s move was an effort to distract from independent reporting on the ‘country’s dire rights record’.

The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes Angola’s engagement with the UPR process and its acceptance of a significant number of ...

Longtime Human Rights Watch director’s new book charts how to hold authoritarian regimes accountable “Defending human rights is not a matter of holding the candle and singing kumbaya,” Roth ...

Human Rights Watch announced today that the Board of Directors has named Federico Borello as interim executive director, effective immediately. Borello, the current deputy executive director and ...

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 ...

Human Rights Watch issued a voluminous report Wednesday castigating local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom for failing to observe "an internationally protected human right" by criminalizing ...

This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee’s (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Türkiye’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ...

Human Rights Watch recommends that the final policy incorporate a monitoring and evaluation framework and a commitment to publicly report on the outcome of this analysis.

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 ...

Human rights need defending now more than ever, which is why the United Nations leadership needs to ensure that its efforts to cut costs don’t jeopardize the UN’s critical human rights work.