• ILO: Adopt New Treaty to Combat Child Labor
    Jun 9, 2011
    Press release
    Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations should combat child labor by adopting a new international treaty on the rights of domestic workers.
  • El Salvador: Investigate Killing of Community Leader
    Aug 8, 2009
    Press release
    El Salvador's attorney general should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of the murder of the community leader and environmental advocate Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno, as well as subsequent threats against journalists and human rights defenders.
  • El Salvador: Terrorism Law Misused Against Protesters
    Jul 30, 2007
    Press release
    The government of El Salvador should dismiss terrorism charges brought against protesters who allegedly blocked roads and threw stones at a July 2 demonstration, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Domestic Workers Abused Worldwide
    Jul 27, 2006
    Press release
    Domestic workers face a wide range of grave abuses and labor exploitation, including physical and sexual abuse, forced confinement, non-payment of wages, denial of food and health care and excessive working hours with no rest days.
  • U.N. Summit: Barriers to Schooling Undermine Goals
    Sep 12, 2005
    Press release
    Children around the world face systematic barriers to schooling that are undermining global progress towards universal primary education.
  • El Salvador: Child Labor on Sugar Plantations
    Jun 9, 2004
    Press release
    Businesses purchasing sugar from El Salvador, including The Coca-Cola Company, are using the product of child labor that is both hazardous and widespread, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
  • El Salvador: Girls Working as Domestics Face Abuses
    Jan 14, 2004
    Press release
    Tens of thousands of girls in El Salvador work as domestics, a form of labor that makes them particularly vulnerable to physical abuse and sexual harassment, Human Rights Watch charged in a report released today.
  • El Salvador: Government Ignores Widespread Labor Abuse
    Dec 3, 2003
    Press release
    Workers' human rights in El Salvador are systematically violated by employers while the government disregards or even facilitates the abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. From December 8-12, El Salvador will be participating in the final round of negotiations for the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a proposed trade pact with profound implications for labor rights.