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“I Just Try to Make It Home Safe”

Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States

The 65-page report, “‘I Just Try to Make It Home Safe’ Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States,” documents how persistent marginalization puts transgender people, particularly Black transgender women, at heightened risk of violence at the hands of strangers, partners, family members, and law enforcement.

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  • Fighting Terrorism Fairly and Effectively

    Recommendations for President-Elect Barack Obama

    Over the past seven years, the US government’s consistent disregard for human rights in fighting terrorism has diminished America’s moral authority, set a negative example for other governments, and undermined the goal of reducing anti-American militancy around the world.

  • A Way Forward for Workers’ Rights in US Free Trade Accords

    A Way Forward for Workers’ Rights in US Free Trade Accords

    This 36-page report provides a roadmap for a new US administration to strengthen the requirements for workers’ rights in these agreements and to improve their enforcement. The Human Rights Watch report outlines in detail elements needed to effectively guarantee labor rights.

  • "Why Am I Still Here?"

    The 2007 Horn of Africa Renditions and the Fate of Those Still Missing

    This 54-page report examines the 2007 rendition operation, during which at least 90 men, women, and children fleeing the armed conflict in Somalia were unlawfully rendered from Kenya to Somalia, and then on to Ethiopia.

  • Mixed Results

    US Policy and International Standards on the Rights and Interests of Victims of Crime

    <font face="Arial" size="2">In this report, Human Rights Watch analyzed how well the United States is meeting international best practices.

  • A Violent Education

    Corporal Punishment of Children in US Public Schools

    In this 125-page report, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that in Texas and Mississippi children ranging in age from 3 to 19 years old are routinely physically punished for minor infractions such as chewing gum, talking back to a teacher, or violating the dress code, as well as for more serious transgressions such a

  • Locked Up Alone

    Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo

    This 54-page report documents the conditions in the various “camps” at the detention center, in which approximately 185 of the 270 detainees are housed in facilities akin to “supermax” prisons even though they have not yet been convicted of a crime.

  • Targeting Blacks

    Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States

    In this 67-page report, Human Rights Watch documents with detailed new statistics persistent racial disparities among drug offenders sent to prison in 34 states. All of these states send black drug offenders to prison at much higher rates than whites.

  • Executive Summary: The Rest of Their Lives

    Life without Parole for Youth Offenders in the United States in 2008

    In this update to Human Rights Watch’s work on eliminating the sentence of life without parole for juvenile offenders, a number of findings are presented that illustrate the troublesome nature of the sentence and how it is applied to youthful offenders.

  • Double Jeopardy

    CIA Renditions to Jordan

    This 36-page report documents how Jordan’s General Intelligence Department (GID) served as a proxy jailer and interrogator for the CIA from 2001 until at least 2004.

  • On the Margins of Profit

    Rights at Risk in the Global Economy

    This 53-page report was jointly prepared by Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. It illustrates how everyday business decisions have significant implications for the human rights of workers, local communities, suppliers, and consumers.

  • Chronic Indifference

    HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States

    This 71-page report documents the experiences of HIV-positive detainees in immigration custody whose HIV treatment was denied, delayed, or interrupted, resulting in s

  • No Easy Answers

    Sex Offender Laws in the US

    This 146-page report is the first comprehensive study of US sex offender policies, their public safety impact, and the effect they have on former offenders and their families.

  • Ill-Fated Homecomings

    A Tunisian Case Study of Guantanamo Repatriations

    This 43-page report describes the experiences of the two Tunisians returned home 11 weeks ago and urges the US government to set up a process that would give detainees advance notice of their transfer, and allow them the opportunity to contest it before a federal court if they fear torture or ill-treatment upon return to