Belkis Wille
Belkis Wille is an associate director in the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. Since 2022, she has been documenting laws of war violations in Gaza, Israel, Sudan, and Ukraine. Belkis has also spearheaded the organization’s work investigating the harms stemming from personal data collection, including biometrics, in humanitarian contexts. This work has included investigations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, and Kenya. She has also led the organization’s work on the preservation of content taken down by social media platforms that is vital to war crimes investigations.
Belkis was previously Human Rights Watch’s senior Iraq researcher for three-and-a half years, and its Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen researcher, based in Sanaa, for over three years.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Belkis worked with the World Organisation Against Torture in Libya. She has an LLM in human rights and humanitarian law from the University of Essex, a graduate diploma in law from City University London, and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. Belkis speaks English, German, French, and Arabic.
Articles Authored
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February 15, 2018
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January 26, 2018
ISIS Trials are Robbing Victims of Their Rights
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December 20, 2017
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Share Bad Behavior: Suppressing Media
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December 19, 2017
US-led Coalition in Iraq’s Lame Boast on Civilian Death Inquiries
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December 5, 2017
KRG: Why ISIS Trials are Robbing Victims of Their Rights
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December 5, 2017
Iraq: Why ISIS Trials are Robbing Victims of Their Rights
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December 4, 2017
ISIS is on the Ropes in Iraq. Now the UK Needs to Push for Justice
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October 9, 2017
ISIS’s Other Victims
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October 5, 2017
Suspected ISIS Ties? Some Aid Workers May be Shying Away
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Reports Authored
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“The Massalit Will Not Come Home”
Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan
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“We Had No Choice”
“Filtration” and the Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia
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“No One Represents Us”
Lack of Access to Political Participation for People With Disabilities in Iraq
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“Life Without a Father is Meaningless”
Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances in Iraq 2014-2017