Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of more than 280 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities.
Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries, generating extensive coverage in local and international media.
With the leverage this brings, Human Rights Watch meets with governments, the United Nations, regional groups like the African Union and the European Union, financial institutions, and corporations to press for changes in policy and practice that promote human rights and justice around the world.

Our Advisors
Link to Board of Directors
Link to Council Leadership
Link to Advisory Committees

Senior Management
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director
Michele Alexander, Deputy Executive Director, Development and Global Initiatives 
Carroll Bogert, Deputy Executive Director, External Relations
Jan Egeland, Europe Director and Deputy Executive Director
Iain Levine, Deputy Executive Director, Program
Chuck Lustig, Deputy Executive Director, Operations
 
Walid Ayoub, Information Technology Director
Pierre Bairin, Media Director
Clive Baldwin, Senior Legal Advisor
Emma Daly, Communications Director
Alan S. Feldstein, General Counsel for Operations 
Barbara Guglielmo, Finance and Administration Director
Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director
Dinah PoKempner, General Counsel
Babatunde Olugboji, Deputy Program Director
Tom Porteous, Deputy Program Director
Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor
James Ross, Legal & Policy Director
Joe Saunders, Deputy Program Director
Frances Sinha, Human Resources Director
Christine Squires, Deputy Director for North America, Development and Outreach
 
Program Directors
Brad Adams, Asia
Joseph Amon, Health and Human Rights
Daniel Bekele, Africa
John Biaggi, International Film Festival
Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies
Zama Coursen-Neff, Children's Rights
Richard Dicker, International Justice
Bill Frelick, Refugees
Arvind Ganesan, Business & Human Rights
Liesl Gerntholtz, Women's Rights
Steve Goose, Arms
Alison Parker, United States
Graeme Reid, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights
José Miguel Vivanco, Americas
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East & North Africa
Hugh Williamson, Europe & Central Asia
 
Advocacy Directors
Philippe Bolopion, United Nations
Kanae Doi, Japan
Jean-Marie Fardeau, France
Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia
Cameron Jacobs, South Africa
Lotte Leicht, European Union
Tom Malinowski, Washington, DC
David Mepham, United Kingdom
Wenzel Michalski, Germany
Juliette de Rivero, Geneva