I am honored to appear before you today. Thank you for your invitation to speak about the human rights crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan and what the US government can do to help address it.

Distinguidos Senadores de la República,

Antes que nada, me gustaría agradecerles por esta oportunidad de comparecer ante ustedes para realizar esta presentación sobre reformas necesarias para mejorar el sistema de justicia militar en México. 

Human Rights Watch est gravement préoccupé par certaines dispositions du projet de loi C-31 visant à protéger le système d’immigration du Canada (Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act).

Human Rights Watch has serious concerns that certain provisions of proposed Bill C-31, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, are harmful to refugees and asylum seekers and incompatible with international refugee and human rights law.

Balochistan: An overview

Madam Chairman, members of the Committee, thank you for your invitation to testify this morning.

Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Risch, and Committee Members:

Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony on US policy and the human rights crisis in Syria.

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, ranking member Berman, members of the Committee,

Human Rights Watch would first like to express its thanks to the Committee for holding this timely hearing; a focus on human rights abuses in China is very welcome. We also wish to extend our congratulations to the Congressional Executive Commission on China for another excellent annual report.

Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting Human Rights Watch to testify at this timely and important hearing.

A little more than two years ago Human Rights Watch welcomed the decision by the United States to seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Having worked to advance human rights at the Council since its creation in 2006, we were intimately familiar with its shortcomings.