A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. DRC: M23 rebels executed at least 21 civilians in Goma, Human ...

In the face of the ongoing genocide unfolding before our eyes in Gaza, with Human Rights Watch warning “Latest Israeli Plan ...

May 21 (UPI) --Activists, officials and defectors highlighted North Korean human rights violations at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying ...

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B’Tselem, and numerous U.N. agencies have left little doubt that Palestinians, ...

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 ...

I oversee Human Rights Watch’s work on El Salvador and have traveled to the country several times, most recently in 2024. I provide this declaration based on my personal knowledge and experience.

It builds on the 2014 publication by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) entitled Shaking the Foundations: The Human Rights Implications of ...

“The same ethos influenced the founders of Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders.” Now, however, prestigious human-rights organizations do the polarizing. “As the cultural and ...

“It is a matter of playing hardball.” As the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth spent 30 years on the frontlines in the fight for human rights. During that time, he exposed ...

Human Rights Watch writes to express our strong support for the application “A.25 sunscreen” submitted by the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of rights by persons with albinism and ...

“The same ethos influenced the founders of Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders.” Now, however, prestigious human-rights organizations do the polarizing. “As the cultural and ...