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Europe/Central Asia

January 25, 2019 Commentary

The Test for Sweden’s New Government

Kartik Raj
Researcher, Western Europe

Published In: euobserver
Asia

February 18, 2018 Dispatches

What Sweden Should Say about China’s Detention of its National

Måns Molander
Nordic Director
International Justice

September 15, 2017 Dispatches

A Move to Restore Dignity to Syria’s Victims

Nadim Houry
Director, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program

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October 3, 2017 Video

Syria: First Atrocities Trials Held in Europe

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October 3, 2017

“These are the Crimes we are Fleeing”

Justice for Syria in Swedish and German Courts
June 9, 2016

Seeking Refuge

Unaccompanied Children in Sweden
January 23, 2007

Cases Involving Diplomatic Assurances against Torture

News

September 14, 2017 Commentary

Prevent a Lost Generation of Syrian Children

Måns Molander
Nordic Director

Published In: Svenska Dagbladet
July 11, 2017 Letter

Letter from HRW to Swedish Director-General for International Development Cooperation Johannes Oljelund
June 26, 2017 Commentary

Bring Home Gui Minhai: Sweden’s China Visit Checklist

Måns Molander
Nordic Director

Published In: Svenska Dagbladet
March 8, 2017 Commentary

The Erosion of Human Rights Protection Systems

Måns Molander
Nordic Director

Published In: Advokaten
March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
February 28, 2017 News Release

Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights
December 23, 2016 Dispatches

Europe’s Court Repudiates Blanket Data Retention—Again

Cynthia M. Wong
Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights
October 24, 2016 Dispatches

Steps Towards Justice For Syria

Maria Elena Vignoli
Counsel, International Justice Program
October 20, 2016 Q & A

Q&A: First Cracks to Impunity in Syria, Iraq
October 20, 2016 News Release

War Crimes Prosecutions in Europe
October 4, 2016 Commentary

Why Afghanistan Needs Sweden’s Attention

Måns Molander
Nordic Director

Published In: Svenska Dagbladet
June 24, 2016 Commentary

Syrian Refugees Help Nab Suspected War Criminals in Europe

Richard Dicker
Director, International Justice Program

Published In: Politico

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Coronavirus Is the "New Terrorism": Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Coronavirus is the "new terrorism"; Asia's overcrowded prisons at grave risk of COVID-19 outbreaks; rights risks to older people in coronavirus response; no "social distancing" possible for refugees crammed into camps in Greece; Gulf countries to put a hold on deportations; concerns over South Africa's response; Afghanistan should prosecute head of ISIS-linked group for war crimes; the UN fails to name Russia for bombings in Syria; and is Europe finally seeing some light at the end of the dark pandemic tunnel?