Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch since 1993, has investigated human rights abuses around the globe, with special expertise on: issues of justice and accountability for atrocities committed in the quest for peace; military conduct in war under the requirements of international humanitarian law; counterterrorism policy, including resort to torture and arbitrary detention; the human rights policies of the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations; and, the human rights responsibilities of multinational businesses. Roth has published more than 100 articles and chapters on a range of human rights topics. Before joining Human Rights Watch as deputy director in 1987, Roth was a federal prosecutor for both the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University.

Human Rights Watch Reports

Filling the Leadership Void: Where is the European Union? (January 11, 2007)

Articles

"Death Squads: A Murderous Plague," Far Eastern Economic Review, May 20, 2009

"The power of horror in Rwanda," The Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2009

 "Justice or impunity: What will Kenya choose?" The East African, April 3, 2009

 "G20: The summit must not forget human rights," Guardian Unlimited, April 2, 2009

"Obama's Prisoners Dilemma: A Blueprint for Dismantling Guantánamo," Foreign Affiars, March 12, 2009

"Canada must lead on rights," Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2009

 "IDF's violations of laws-of-war," Jerusalem Post, January 25, 2009

 "The price of rights," Guardian Unlimited, December 10, 2008

 "Bush Does the Right Thing for Darfur," The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2008

 "A Failed ‘experiment,'" USA Today, August 11, 2008

"After Guantanamo: The Case Against Preventive Detention," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2008

 "Europe Must Pull its Weight on Human Rights," Financial Times, January 12, 2007

 "Indiscriminate Bombardment," Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2006

"Who Profits Most from Torture," The Independent, July 14, 2006

Multimedia:

"After Guantanamo: The Case Against Preventive Detention," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2008

Media Profiles:

"Thunder on the Rights," Vanity Fair, September 19, 2008