On March 7, Richard Dicker addressed over 50 attendees at at the Feminist Majority Foundation. He discussed accomplishments in Cote D’Ivoire and Kenya, the challenges currently facing accountability in the Middle East, and the increasingly positive climate for HRW and other NGOs who seek to bring the worst abusers in the world to account. Richard was an influential advocate in the movement to establish the permanent International Criminal Court and has contributed Human Rights Watch evidence to

Approximately 300 youth offenders have been sentenced to die in California’s prisons for crimes committed when they were teenagers, HRW said in a report released on March 1. The U.S. is the only country in the world where people who were under age 18 at the time of their crime serve sentences of life without parole. Nationally, more than 2,500 youth offenders are serving these sentences. The new report draws on six years of research, interviews, and correspondence with correctional officials and youth offenders serving life without parole.

For one night only, a star-studded cast will come together at the Broad Stage to support Human Rights Watch. Powerful performances of selected writings and testimonies will celebrate and bring to life the voices of individuals who dare to speak out for freedom around the world. This year's cast includes Lisa Edelstein, Jacqueline Emerson, Greg Germann, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sally Kirkland, Dayo Okeniyi, Missi Pyle, Peter Riegert, Julian Sands, Arnold Vosloo, and Reno Wilson. With musical performances by Aloe Blacc and Isobel Campbell. Additional performers to be announced soon!