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  • UN Human Rights Council: Report of the Fact Finding Mission on Israeli settlements should prompt Israel to respect human rights obligations
    Mar 18, 2013
    Oral statement
    The Report of the Fact Finding Mission on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories should prompt the Israeli government to respect its human rights obligations to Palestinians in the West Bank, where Israel is the occupying power. In particular, Israel should end policies that not only transfer its civilians into the occupied territory, in violation of the laws of war, but that harshly discriminate against Palestinians with no legitimate security or other justification.
  • Israel/Palestine: New Abuses, No Justice
    Feb 14, 2013
    Press release

    Israel engaged in discriminatory practices and other rights violations against Palestinians during 2012, while Palestinian authorities committed abuses against their own population, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013.  

  • A Letter to the Italian Prime Minister about Palestine and the ICC
    Dec 21, 2012
    Letter
    We write to express Human Rights Watch’s deep concern regarding your December 17 statement made during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in which you call on the Palestinian Authority not to use Palestine's new non-member observer-state status at the United Nations to pursue the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Palestine: Newest ‘Observer State’ Should Act on Rights Treaties
    Nov 29, 2012
    Press release
    Palestinian leaders should pursue ratification of core international human rights treaties and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Governments that have pressed Palestine to forgo membership in the ICC, including the United Kingdom, or have said that they will impose sanctions on Palestine if it seeks ICC membership, namely Israel, should end such pressure and support universal ratification of the ICC treaty.
  • Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate
    Nov 26, 2010
    Press release
    An Israeli military court’s sentence on November 21, 2010, for two soldiers found guilty of using a Palestinian boy as a “human shield” during the 2008-09 offensive in Gaza appears inadequate considering the gravity of the offense, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Gaza Victims Trumped by Talks
    Oct 4, 2010
    Commentary
    The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah fails to demand justice for victims of the Gaza war.
  • Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Accountability in the Gaza Conflict
    Sep 27, 2010
    Oral statement
    Nearly two years ago, war raged in Gaza and southern Israel, resulting in a high number of civilian deaths.  Today, despite ample evidence of serious laws-of-war violations during the conflict, those responsible remain unpunished, and the victims go without redress.
  • West Bank/Israel: Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians
    Sep 2, 2010
    Press release
    Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be prosecuted.
  • Israel/Gaza: Wartime Inquiries Fall Short
    Aug 10, 2010
    Press release
    Israeli military investigations into the Gaza war have brought some results over the past 18 months but fall far short of addressing the widespread and serious allegations of unlawful conduct during the fighting, while Hamas has announced no serious investigations whatsoever.
  • Israel/Gaza: Easing Blockade of Imports a First Step
    Jun 21, 2010
    Press release
    The Israeli Cabinet decision to ease the blockade of Gaza is a step toward ending a policy that amounts to unlawful collective punishment of Gaza's civilians, but fails to address severe Israeli restrictions on exports and freedom of movement.