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January 3, 2018 Commentary

Lebanon: Open Burning of Dumps Putting Health at Risk

Open burning of waste in Majadel, south Lebanon.
December 3, 2017 Dispatches

Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution

UN Pollution Meeting Should Embrace Child Rights in its Resolutions

“My name is Amina and I am twenty years old. I grew up here in the town of Bagega. I had six children. Three have died. Each time one died, I was so distraught and I was very traumatized.” Amina, Bagega, Zamfara state, Nigeria, 2011.
December 1, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Waste Crisis Posing Health Risks

End Open Burning; Create Long-Term Waste Management Plan

Open burning of waste in Majadel, south Lebanon
November 10, 2017 Commentary

Lebanon Needs a Long-Term Waste-Management Strategy

Garbage is piled near a highway in Beirut, Lebanon January 19, 2016. © 2017 Reuters
October 31, 2017 Commentary

Protecting Environmental Defenders Should Be a Central Issue at Climate Talks

As Attacks on Environmental Rights Defenders Escalate, the Stakes Are High for the Upcoming Climate Change Talks in Germany.

Indigenous peoples demand their rights at climate negotiations in Marrakesh
October 19, 2017 Dispatches

Pollution Is One of World’s Biggest Killers

New Lancet Report Says Poorer Countries Are Most Affected

Slum houses in Hazaribagh beside an open gutter channeling untreated effluent from tanneries nearby. Local residents of Hazaribagh reported to Human Rights Watch an array of health problems—many of them undiagnosed due to the cost of medical attention—suc
September 19, 2017 Dispatches

France Jumpstarts Initiative to Protect Environment

Pact Would Enshrine Key Rights Protections

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a guest outside the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2017.
September 7, 2017 Report

UN: Compensate Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims

Families, Children Left Ill, Destitute

Roma children play in the Cesmin Lug refugee camp in Mitrovica city, northern Kosovo. Cesmin Lug is one of several camps that the UN established in what was known to be a heavily contaminated area near a defunct lead mine. December 12, 2007.
March 16, 2017 Commentary

The Politics of Arsenic-free Water

20 Million Lives at Risk

Hands of Selina Aktar, a woman in her late 30s with arsenic-related health conditions that first began appearing 20 years ago.
February 19, 2017 Dispatches

New Law Brings Malawi’s Mining Communities Hope

Villagers Now Able to Seek Information From the Government

Young girl washing dishes at a borehole near Eland coal mine in Mwabulambo, Karonga district.
January 25, 2017 News Release

Malawi: Information Bill Aids Mining Communities

President Should Sign and Put Protections into Effect

Malcoal mine in Kayelekera.
January 12, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: End Crackdown on Bloggers and Activists

Country’s New Leaders Fail to Ease Up on Repression

Farmers from Duong Noi village protest during the trial of Can Thi Theu, a farmer and land rights activist in Hanoi. The placards read "Can Thi Theu is innocent," "Justice for innocent Can Thi Theu" and "Make arrest - grabbing land is criminal," September
January 12, 2017 News Release

Nepal: Political Bickering Stalls Justice for Conflict Victims

Government Fails Earthquake Relief For Second Winter

Nepalese police try to stop protesters marching towards the prime minister's office and other ministries, during a demonstration against delays on reconstruction and relief during the first anniversary of the 2015 earthquakes in Kathmandu, April 24, 2016.
December 22, 2016 Letter

Submission on Climate Change and Child Rights to the OHCHR

November 21, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Malawi

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