The following input draws from our research on women’s prisons in Japan as well as Japan’s “hostage justice” system. Based on ...

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Most Papuans say they were denied their right to choose and continue to demand a separate nation. Although the independence ...

As Human Rights Watch’s executive director Tirana Hassan said this morning in response to the election results: “Donald Trump has made no secret of his intent to violate the human rights of ...

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Stork, who joined Human Rights Watch in 1996 as the Middle East and North Africa Division’s advocacy director and later became the division’s deputy director, played a pivotal role in shaping ...

Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.

Creating value for shareholders has long been considered the primary purpose of corporations, especially within the framework ...

At the 79th Ordinary session of the Commission in May, Human Rights Watch raised with this Commission, the grave violations perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias ...

Richard Dicker, served as director of Human Rights Watch's International Justice Program between 2001 and 2021. He has worked at Human Rights Watch since 1991. He started working on international ...

Human Rights Watch works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peoples' rights, and with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues. We document and expose abuses based ...

Sari Bashi, Program Director at Human Rights Watch, leads the organization’s research, supervising a staff of 270 people in 50 countries, working on 18 regional and thematic human rights areas.