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Benjamin Ward

Benjamin Ward

Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Follow @Benjamin_P_Ward

Benjamin Ward, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division, supervises research on the EU region, the Western Balkans, and Turkey. He writes regularly about human rights in Europe. Before becoming deputy director, Ward researched Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo for Human Rights Watch. Before joining the organization, Ward worked for the United Nations in Somalia and New York, and in Bosnia for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He was admitted to practice as a barrister in England & Wales in 2003, and holds a bachelor's in government from the London School of Economics and a master's in international affairs from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Follow on Twitter: @Benjamin_P_Ward

Articles Authored

  • February 14, 2013 Commentary

    Divided We Fall: Intolerance in Europe Puts Rights at Risk

    Published in open Democracy
  • October 14, 2012 Commentary

    Social Media Prosecutions Threaten Free Speech in the UK -- and Beyond

    Published in New Statesman
  • June 16, 2012 Commentary

    Secret justice plans would keep UK abuses secret too

    Published in New Statesman
  • April 25, 2012 Commentary

    Beyond Breivik, Hate in Europe is on the Rise

    Published in The Huffington Post UK
  • January 26, 2012 Commentary

    Europe’s Treatment of Minorities Endangers Our Core Values

    Published in European Voice
  • January 22, 2012 World Report Chapter

    Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis

  • September 11, 2011 Commentary

    How Not to Get to the Truth about UK Complicity in Gaddafi-Era Abuse

    Published in New Statesman
  • August 17, 2011 Commentary

    United Kingdom: Blaming the Riots on Human Rights is Corrosive and Wrong

    Published in The Guardian

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Other Writing

  • Europe's Own Human Rights Crisis (Thematic Essay in the World Report 2012)

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Reports Authored

  • July 4, 2010

    Without Suspicion

    Stop and Search under the Terrorism Act 2000

  • June 24, 2004

    Neither Just Nor Effective

    Indefinite Detention Without Trial in the United Kingdom Under Part 4 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

  • April 15, 2002

    Last Seen . . .

    Continued “Disappearances” in Chechnya

  • October 26, 2001

    Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo

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