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April 25, 2019 Background Briefing

Ecuador: Memorandum on Abortion and International Human Rights Law

April 16, 2019 Dispatches

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UK, Deciding Assange's Fate, Should Give Sweden Time to Evaluate Rape Case

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April 16, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Ensure Justice for Murdered Student

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April 15, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: 5 Years After Chibok, Children Still at Risk

Many Still Unaccounted For; Abductions Continue

One of the kidnapped Chibok girls celebrates with a family member following her release in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
April 3, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Penal Code Imposes Maiming, Stoning

Immediately Suspend Highly Abusive Law

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.
April 1, 2019 News Release

Ecuador: Decriminalize Abortion in Rape Cases

Assembly Should Ease Abortion Laws

A green handkerchief with the hashtags #DéjameDecidir (let me decide) and #AbortoPorViolación (abortion in cases of rape) has become emblematic of the campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Ecuador.
March 13, 2019 Dispatches

Heinous Act Overshadowed Women’s Day in Puntland

Somali Authorities Should Ensure Justice for Rape, Murder of 12-year-old Girl

March 8, 2019 Dispatches

The Long Wait for Justice for Women in India

Some Survivors of Sexual Violence Spend Years Awaiting Compensation

A young girl with long hair portraid from behind, in front of a field.
February 23, 2019 Commentary

Women, Not Weapons: India's Survivors All Deserve Justice

28 years after Kunan and Poshpora, abuses still persist

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February 22, 2019 Statement

Oral Statement to the CEDAW Committee on Myanmar

Report on the Situation of Women and Girls from Northern Rakhine State

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February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Myanmar’s Hollow Denial of Rape of Rohingya

Overwhelming Evidence of Military Role in Hundreds of Sexual Assaults

A Rohingya woman walks through Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 22, 2018.
February 6, 2019 News Release

Poland: Women’s Rights Activists Targeted

Attacks by Government Put Women, Services at Risk

Women’s rights supporters at a demonstration for International Women’s Day in Krakow, Poland, on March 8, 2018. The center sign uses the slogan “No Woman, No Country.”
February 1, 2019 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on Colombia

72nd session, 2019

November 8, 2018 Commentary

When #MeToo Meets the Architecture of Intimidation in India

People hold a candlelight vigil in Bengaluru, India, to protest the rape of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua and a teenager in Unnao, April 13, 2018.
November 1, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Sexual Violence Against Women by Officials

Impunity for Assault and Rape by Men in Power

Woman being questioned by a secret police investigator. Former detainees say that secret police investigators can easily harass female detainees during questioning.

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