News | Human Rights Watch

September 21, 2023 Letter

Letter to the Minister of Health of Ukraine: Access to Emergency Contraception

September 15, 2023

September 6, 2023 Dispatches

Russia Denies Its Widespread Use of Cluster Munitions

State-Controlled Media Outlets Reprise Role of Manipulating the Message

Remnants of dozens of Smerch and Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service from Kharkiv in April 2022.

August 21, 2023 Statement

Russia’s Deportation, Imprisonment of Ukrainian Rights Activist

Russia should free Iryna Danylovych

August 4, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Apparent Russian Cluster Munition Attack

9 Civilians Died in Lyman; Possible War Crime

A man rides past a place where a woman was killed by a Russian cluster munition strike in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine on July 8, 2023.

July 19, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Missile Strike on Lviv a Possible War Crime

Unlawful Attack Killed 10 Civilians, Injured 48

A communal worker sweeps outside an apartment building in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023, a day after it was seriously damaged by a Russian missile strike.

July 14, 2023 Commentary

US Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine Ignores History of Civilian Harm

Unexploded DPICM submunition found by Human Rights Watch researchers in a field north of Baghdad, Iraq, in May 2003.

July 6, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Civilian Deaths from Cluster Munitions

New Research Details Ukrainian Use of Widely Banned Weapon

Осколки боєприпасів 9Н210 або 9Н235 пробили стіни будинку родини, яка мешкає на лівому березі річки Сіверський Донець, під час окупації цієї території російськими військами у 2022 році, продірявивши цю каструлю.

June 30, 2023 News Release

Ukraine Promises Inquiry into Banned Landmine Use

Additional Evidence Underscores Need for Prompt, Thorough Investigation, Accountability

Members of a special demining unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine searching for landmines in Horenka, Kyiv oblast, May 27, 2022.

June 15, 2023 Statement

Key recommendations on the reform of Ukraine’s child protection and care system

June 14, 2023 Witness

“Loss After Loss After Loss”: Dam Destruction in Ukraine

Russian Authorities Fail to Provide Timely Evacuation, Aid to Civilians

The flooded town of Oleshky, Ukraine, after the June 6 destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, June 10, 2023.

June 13, 2023 Background Briefing

Landmine Use in Ukraine

Ukrainian military personnel search for land mines at a burial site in a forest on the outskirts of Izium, eastern Ukraine, September 16, 2022.

May 23, 2023 Commentary

Delivering Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine

A man pushes his bike through debris and destroyed military vehicles

May 5, 2023 News Release

Russia: Law Targets International Criminal Court

New Move Against Accountability for World’s Most Serious Crimes

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020.

April 13, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson

Unlawful Detention, Torture of Civilians During 8-Month Occupation

April 6, 2023 Dispatches

Investigation Launches into Forcible Transfer of Children in Ukraine

Identification, Return of Children to Families Imperative

The overgrown playground of a residential institution for children in Kherson, Ukraine, where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, as seen on November 27, 2022.

Keyword

Country

Topic

Africa
-Angola
-Benin
-Botswana
-Burkina Faso
-Burundi
-Cameroon
-Cape Verde
-Central African Republic
-Chad
-Comoros
-Congo (Brazzaville)
-Côte d'Ivoire
-Democratic Republic of Congo
-Djibouti
-Equatorial Guinea
-Eritrea
-Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
-Ethiopia
-Gabon
-Gambia
-Ghana
-Guinea
-Guinea-Bissau
-Kenya
-Lesotho
-Liberia
-Madagascar
-Malawi
-Mali
-Mauritius
-Mozambique
-Namibia
-Niger
-Nigeria
-Rwanda
-Senegal
-Seychelles
-Sierra Leone
-Somalia
-South Africa
-South Sudan
-Sudan
-Tanzania
-Togo
-Uganda
-Zambia
-Zimbabwe
Americas
-Antigua and Barbuda
-Argentina
-Bahamas
-Barbados
-Belize
-Bolivia
-Brazil
-Canada
-Chile
-Colombia
-Costa Rica
-Cuba
-Dominican Republic
-Ecuador
-El Salvador
-Falklands/Malvinas
-Grenada
-Guatemala
-Guyana
-Haiti
-Honduras
-Jamaica
-Mexico
-Nicaragua
-Panama
-Paraguay
-Peru
-Saint Kitts and Nevis
-Saint Lucia
-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-Suriname
-Trinidad and Tobago
-Uruguay
-Venezuela
Asia
-Afghanistan
-Australia
-Bangladesh
-Bhutan
-Brunei
-Cambodia
-China and Tibet
-Cook Islands
-Federated States of Micronesia
-Fiji
-India
-Indonesia
-Japan
-Kiribati
-Laos
-Malaysia
-Maldives
-Marshall Islands
-Mongolia
-Myanmar (Burma)
-Nauru
-Nepal
-New Zealand
-Niue
-North Korea
-Pakistan
-Palau
-Papua New Guinea
-Philippines
-Samoa
-Singapore
-Solomon Islands
-South Korea
-Sri Lanka
-Taiwan
-Thailand
-Timor-Leste
-Tonga
-Tuvalu
-Vanuatu
-Vietnam
Europe/Central Asia
-Albania
-Andorra
-Armenia
-Austria
-Azerbaijan
-Belarus
-Belgium
-Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Bulgaria
-Croatia
-Cyprus
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Estonia
-European Union
-Finland
-France
-Georgia
-Germany
-Greece
-Holy See
-Hungary
-Iceland
-Ireland
-Italy
-Kazakhstan
-Kyrgyzstan
-Latvia
-Liechtenstein
-Lithuania
-Macedonia
-Malta
-Moldova
-Monaco
-Montenegro
-Netherlands
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Romania
-Russia
-San Marino
-Serbia/Kosovo
-Slovak Republic
-Slovenia
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Tajikistan
-Turkey
-Turkmenistan
-Ukraine
-United Kingdom
-Uzbekistan
Global
Middle East/North Africa
-Algeria
-Bahrain
-Egypt
-Iran
-Iraq
-Israel/Palestine
-Jordan
-Kuwait
-Lebanon
-Libya
-Mauritania
-Morocco/Western Sahara
-Oman
-Qatar
-Saudi Arabia
-Syria
-Tunisia
-United Arab Emirates
-Yemen
United States
-Criminal Justice
-Immigration and Border Rights
-National Security
-US Foreign Policy
-US Poverty and Economic Inequality
-Racial Discrimination

Arms
-Cluster Munitions
-Killer Robots
-Landmines
-Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
-Incendiary Weapons
Children's Rights
-Education
-Attacks on Education
-Children and Armed Conflict
-Child Labor
-Youth Justice
-Migrant and Refugee Children
-Intersex Children
-Children Separated from Families
Crisis and Conflict
Disability Rights
-Shackling
Economic Justice and Rights
-Corporate Accountability
-Oil, Mining, and Natural Resources
-Poverty and Inequality
-World Bank, IMF
Environment
-Climate Change
-Deforestation
-Fossil Fuels
Free Speech
-Press Freedom
-Religious Freedom
Health
-Sexual and Reproductive Health
-Detention Centers
-Disasters and Displaced Populations
-Environment and Health
-Health Care Access
-HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
-Palliative Care
-Attacks on Health
LGBT Rights
Refugees and Migrants
-Asylum Seekers
-Internally Displaced People
-Exploitation, Forced Labor & Trafficking
-Migrants
Rights of Older People
International Justice
-Charles Taylor
-International Criminal Court
-Joseph Kony - Lord's Resistance Army
-Peace and Justice
-Bosco Ntaganda
-Universal Jurisdiction
Technology and Rights
-Digital Investigations Lab
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
-CIA Activities
-Detention without Trial
-Edward Snowden
-Guantanamo
-Guantanamo - Military Commissions
-Targeted Killings and Drones
Torture
United Nations
-Human Rights Council
Women's Rights
-Child Marriage
-Domestic Violence
-Domestic Workers
-Gender Equality
-Reproductive Rights and Abortion
-Sexual Violence and Rape
-Labor Rights in the Garment Industry
-Women and Armed Conflict
-Women’s Health and FGM

#MeToo
'Remain in Mexico'
Azerbaijan Natural Resources and Human Rights
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Boko Haram
Brexit
Chechnya
China's Global Influence
Climate Talks 2017
COP27 - Climate Change Conference
COP28 - Climate Change Conference
Coronavirus
Daily Brief
Disappearances in Yemen
Drugs and Human Rights
Duterte
Education for Syrian Refugee Children
Egypt Crackdown on Civil Society
Encryption
Ethiopian Protests
Europe: Refugees & Migrants’ Rights
Ferguson
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Gender-based Violence at Work
German Election
Global Supply Chains
Hissène Habré
Hong Kong
Honor Killings
Iraq War 20 Years Later
ISIS
kafala system
Kashmir
Land Rights
Liu Xiaobo
Los Angeles Film Club
Mali
Mass Surveillance in China
Mediterranean Crisis
Mexico: Lessons from a Human Rights Catastrophe
Middle East Uprising
Nagorno-Karabakh
Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’
Rabaa Massacre
Refugee Summits
Reparations in the United States
Right to Social Security
Rights of Persons with Albinism
Rohingya
Russia-Ukraine War
The Trial of Hissène Habré
Tigray Conflict
Uganda Elections 2016
US: Trump Presidential Transition
Uyghurs
World Cup 2018
World Humanitarian Summit
Xenophobia
Yahya Jammeh

Protecting Rights, Saving Lives