Diederik Lohman, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch's health and human rights program, has specialized expertise in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Chechnya. Previously, he served as senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division and as the Moscow office director. Lohman has conducted extensive research on and written about drug dependence treatment and HIV treatment for drug users, human rights in armed conflict and inside the armed forces, and police abuse. He founded the Russian Justice Initiative (previously Chechnya Justice Initiative), an organization that helps victims of the conflict in Chechnya seek justice through domestic institutions in Russia and the European Court of Human Rights. Lohman has a background in Russian studies and international law and speaks Russian, Dutch, and German.

Human Rights Watch Reports

Rehabilitation Required: Russia's Human Rights Obligation to Provide Evidence-Based Drug Dependence Treatment (November 8, 2007)

The Wrongs of Passage: Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of New Recruits in the Russian Armed Forces (October 20, 2004)

To Serve Without Health: Inadequate Nutrition and Health Care in the Russian Armed Forces (November 14, 2003)

Conscription Through Detention in Russia's Armed Forces (November 21, 2002)

Articles

"Reforming the Military Culture," The St. Petersburg Times, March 3, 2006

"Moscow Must Admit Its Mistakes in Chechnya," The Moscow Times, September 21, 2004

"Putin's Party," International Herald Tribune, May 30, 2003