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  • Confronting Terrorism
    Sep 10, 2011
    Only those who have stood close to the devastating impact of terror will know how deep the immediate shock and fear runs. I saw the horrendous effects in Norway this July — just as Americans saw them in New York and Washington 10 years ago. Traveling the world for the United Nations and the Red Cross I witnessed the way massive ongoing terror affects society, from Iraq to Afghanistan and from Colombia to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. In the aftermath of a deadly terror attack, a shocked and confused public will always turn to its leaders for answers.
  • Q&A: Human Rights in Europe in the Aftermath of the Norway Attacks
    Aug 3, 2011
    Human Rights Watch today released the following questions and answers in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Norway.
  • Norway Attacks Highlight Growing Intolerance in Europe
    Jul 27, 2011

    The tragic attacks in Norway highlight growing intolerance against Muslims, Roma and migrants in Europe. Populist, anti-Muslim, anti-Roma and anti-immigrant parties have enjoyed recent electoral success across Europe. Opinion surveys and political debate manifest rising xenophobia.

  • US: European Corporate Hypocrisy
    Sep 1, 2010
    Many European companies that publicly embrace workers' rights under global labor standards nevertheless undermine workers' rights in their US operations, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today.
  • EU: Defer Hasty Returns of Migrant Children
    Jun 4, 2010
    The European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council conclusions on unaccompanied migrant children focus too much on how to send them back to their countries of origin and too little on how to guarantee their safety. The conclusions were adopted on June 3, 2010.
  • UK: Don’t Water Down Cluster Ban Treaty
    Apr 18, 2008
    The UK government should abandon its insistence on exempting certain weapons from the new cluster munitions treaty whose text is being finalized next month, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is seeking to weaken the treaty in other ways as well, Human Rights Watch said.
  • Norway: Movement Toward International Cluster Munitions Ban
    Feb 1, 2007
  • Europe: Shrinking Safe Haven for War Criminals
    Jun 28, 2006
    Prosecutors in Europe are using the concept of universal jurisdiction to pursue foreign war criminals in national courts, a strategy that is gaining momentum across the continent and should be expanded.
  • No Guidelines on Empty ‘No Torture’ Promises
    Apr 2, 2006
    A Council of Europe expert group has rightly decided not to develop guidelines for the acceptable use of diplomatic assurances to justify sending people to places where they are at risk of torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Ending Investment in Cluster Munition Producers
    Apr 7, 2005
    Cluster munitions stand out as the weapon category most in need of stronger national and international regulation in order to protect civilians during and following armed conflict. Cluster munitions have been used in at least twenty countries and while this number is still relatively limited, the harm to the civilian population is striking in nearly every case.
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