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January 13, 2021 News Release

Yemen: International Justice Efforts Needed

Pandemic, Obstruction of Aid Expose Devastated Healthcare System

Women and children are pictured at a camp for people recently displaced by fighting in Yemen's northern province of al-Jawf between government forces and Houthis, in Marib, Yemen March 8, 2020.
November 11, 2020 News Release

Libya: Outspoken Benghazi Lawyer Murdered

Transparent Inquiry Needed into Latest Politically Motivated Killing

Hanan Al-Barassi, a Benghazi-based lawyer, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen on November 10, 2020, in her hometown.
October 13, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt

79th Pre-Session

July 23, 2020 News Release

Japan: Cancel Financial Grant to Myanmar Police

End Assistance to All Military-Controlled Entities

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May 12, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Attack on Hospital a War Crime

Assault on Kabul Maternity Clinic Shows Cruel Disregard for Civilians

Security forces patrol as smokes rises from a maternity hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, after gunmen attacked leading to shootout with the police and killing several people, May 12, 2020.
March 6, 2020 News Release

Governments Should Fulfill Women’s Rights Pledges

Entrenched Discrimination, Violence Mar Gains 25 Years after Beijing

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March 5, 2020 Commentary

A crucial moment for women’s rights in Afghanistan

Women walk along a street in the old part of Kabul February 29, 2020.
February 7, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Yemen

77th Pre-Session

January 11, 2020 Commentary

UN Peacekeeping has a Sexual Abuse Problem

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Killings, Disappearances, Recruitment of Children as Soldiers Go Unpunished

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In the Central African Republic, War’s Most Forgotten Victims

Josephine, 28, said she fled her home in Bangui with her husband and five young children due to fighting in the city in October 2014. When she returned to her neighborhood to collect clothes and dishes for the family, three anti-balaka stopped her and t
May 23, 2019 Statement

Statement by Human Rights Watch and Legal Action Worldwide

International Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises

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April 25, 2019 News Release

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Trump Administration Threats to Veto Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence

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February 23, 2019 Commentary

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February 22, 2019 News Release

Libya: Civilians Caught in Tightening Siege

Allow Aid Access, Disclose Names of People Detained

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