Panama

October 10, 2018

New Americas Treaty Boosts Environmental Rights

A new treaty to deepen the link between environmental protection and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean has the potential to reduce the conflicts that lead to the murders of so many environmental defenders in the region.

Environment

October 10, 2018 Commentary

New Americas Treaty Boosts Environmental Rights

Marcos Orellana
Director, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: El País
Refugees and Migrants

September 26, 2018 Dispatches

New Low for Italian Migration Policies

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
LGBT Rights

February 6, 2018 Commentary

Latin America Could Lead the Way for LGBT Rights in 2018

Daniel Berezowsky Ramirez
Intern, LGBT Rights Program

Published In: Proceso

Reports More Reports

April 7, 1991

Human Rights in Post-Invasion Panama

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

News

November 21, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Panama
June 2, 2016 News Release

OAS: Save Human Rights Body
July 20, 2013 News Release

Italy: Continue Efforts Toward Justice for CIA Abuses
July 29, 2010 News Release

Panama: Probe Police Role in Clash With Strikers
July 22, 2004 News Release

Panama: Reject Harsh Laws on Youth Offenders
July 21, 2004 Letter

Letter to President Moscoso
April 25, 2002 News Release

Panama: Prosecution of Past Abuses Needed
September 28, 2000 Letter

Letter to Secretary General, Organization of American States
September 26, 2000 News Release

Peru: Montesinos Asylum Claim
November 10, 1999 News Release

Panama Urged to Prosecute Haitian Coup Leaders
October 14, 1997 News Release

Human Rights Watch/Americas Applauds Resolution on Gorriti Case

Daily Brief

February 21, 2019

34 killed and disappeared by police in DR Congo; Jordan's "fake news" amendments need revision; Mexico shouldn’t eliminate key disability rights agency; outbreak of violence in Cameroon takes a heavy toll on education; Trump must raise human rights in his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un; freedom of speech under threat in Lebanon; media barred from insurgent region in Mozambique; China's censorship crosses borders; and unresolved questions one year after the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak.