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December 13, 2023 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement for the Plenary Session on Review at the International Criminal Court’s 22nd Assembly of States Parties

December 2023

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December 13, 2023 Dispatches

Nepal’s Earthquake Survivors Need Relief Aid to Survive Winter

Government, Partners Failed to Learn Lessons from the 2015 Earthquake Disaster

Earthquake survivors living under flimsy shelters in Rukum district, November 6, 2023.
December 13, 2023 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Attack Civilian Ships

Intentionally or Recklessly Targeting Civilians is a War Crime

The Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by the Houthi armed group on November 19, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, November 22, 2023.
December 12, 2023 Commentary

Selling Weapons to Israel Could Make UK Complicit in War Crimes

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
December 12, 2023 Dispatches

Investigating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict

October 7 Victims Have a Right to Accountability and Justice

Delegates attend the opening day of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
December 12, 2023 News Release

Letter to the UK Government Calling for an Immediate Halt to UK Arms Transfers to the Government of Israel

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
December 12, 2023 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Court Frees Opposition Leader

Authorities Should Cease Malicious Prosecution of Opponents

Zimbabwe opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, speaks to the media in September 2020 after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare.
December 12, 2023 Commentary

Ghana’s Anti-LGBT Push Will Harm Its Democracy

Parliament should withdraw the bill and uphold Ubuntu principles.

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Accra, Ghana against deteriorating economic conditions and fund mismanagement  in the country, on September 22, 2023. (c) 2023  NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images
December 11, 2023 News Release

Sudan: Action is Key After US Atrocity Determination

Concrete Measures Needed to Curb Widespread Abuses, Protect Civilians

Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Washington, DC, May 16, 2023.
December 11, 2023 Dispatches

Top Russian Human Rights Defender Faces Prison Term

Authorities Target Oleg Orlov for Refusing to Self-Censor

Oleg Orlov in court in Moscow, Russia, October 11, 2023.
December 11, 2023 News Release

Indonesia: Human Rights Issues in Upcoming Election

Questionnaire Provides Candidates, Political Parties Space to Address Key Concerns

Political campaign posters dot the urban landscape in Jakarta, Indonesia in the lead up to the February 2024 election.
December 11, 2023 Dispatches

Ugandans Challenge Anti-Homosexuality Act

Court Has Opportunity to Strike Down Abusive Law

Human Rights lawyers led by West Budama North East Constituency Member of Parliament Fox Odoi-Oywelowo (R) attend the hearing of petitions and applications challenging the anti-gay law at the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda, November 28, 2023.
December 11, 2023 News Release

Brazil: Veto Dangerous Pesticide Bill

"Poison Package" Threatens Health, Environment

A worker applies fungicide after harvesting a soybean crop in the Central-West Region of Paraná, Brazil, September 16, 2023
December 11, 2023 Statement

Urgent Medical Care Needed for Imprisoned Bahraini Opposition Leader

Hassan Ali Hasan Muhammad Mushaima, detainee at Jau Prison, Bahrain.
December 11, 2023 Statement

Joint Statement: No Human Rights Can Exist Without the Pursuit of Justice

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