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March 16, 2022 News

Early Signs of War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses Committed by the Russian Military During the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

Written Testimony by Bonnie Docherty Before The House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber

"Chair Keating, Ranking Member Fitzpatrick, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to participate in this hearing today. I would like to highlight two types of weapons that Russian forces are using widely and with devastating effects…

Smoke rises after shelling by Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 4, 2022.

November 1, 2021 News

US: The Texas Abortion Ban

The following is a joint statement about the Texas abortion law by the Global Justice Center, Amnesty International USA, and Human Rights Watch; The United States Supreme Court is holding oral arguments on November 1, 2021 on procedural questions…

June 30, 2021 News

Children's Rights and Alternative Care

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding Children’s Rights and Alternative Care June 30, 2021 Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ahead of its upcoming Day…

March 29, 2021 News

Human Rights Watch Testimony to the DC Legislature Council In Support Of Bill 24 - 0026

Provided by Skye Wheeler on March 29, 2021

Many thanks for the opportunity to provide a short statement in support of this important bill, Bill 24 – 0026 Maternal Health Resources and Access Bill of 2021, that seeks to improve health care for mothers and babies in the District of Columbia.…

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March 11, 2021 News

Interview: The Law Putting Illinois' Young People at Risk

Forcing Parental Involvement in Abortion Violates Rights

A law in the US state of Illinois that forces people under 18 to involve an adult family member in their abortion decision is failing some of the state’s young people and violating their human rights. In a new joint report with the American Civil…

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November 9, 2020 News

Joint statement: Passage of California’s Prop 22 is a devastating blow to the rights of app-based workers

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are deeply concerned that the passage of Proposition 22, a ballot initiative in California, will undermine the rights of workers for app-based companies in the state and set a dangerous precedent across the…

October 27, 2020 News

Human Rights Watch: 2021 Domestic Transition Priorities for the Next US Administration

10 Key Issues that Demand the Administration's Immediate Attention

Whoever wins the November 3 presidential election has an opportunity – and a responsibility – to help the United States move forward by making human rights a priority in the next administration. This includes ending policies that undermine the…

September 25, 2020 News

Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020 leaves a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court and enormous uncertainty over the court’s future role in the protection of fundamental human rights. A nominee for Justice Ginsburg’s…

September 26, 2018 News

Interview: How Mothers Jailed in the US Lose Custody of Their Children

Tell me more about these women. In the US, about 80 percent of women in jail are mothers with young children. Many are single moms, providing primary care. Most are in jail charged with minor offenses and have not been convicted. Yet jailed moms can be…

January 21, 2016 News

Interview: Abusing the US Court System to Collect Credit Card Debts

Debt buying-companies, a huge US industry, purchase delinquent debts—mostly credit card debts -- that lenders have given up on collecting. Each year these companies sue hundreds of thousands of people in an effort to collect the debt and turn…

December 1, 2015 News

Interview: Torture and the CIA

It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…

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October 20, 2014 News

Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture

During its Consideration of the Third to Fifth Periodic Reports of the United States of America CAT 53rd Session

I. Summary Human Rights Watch would like to express its appreciation to the United Nations Committee against Torture (the “Committee”) for this opportunity to provide information on the compliance of the…

July 10, 2014 News

Written Testimony in support of Bill 20-760 (Repeal of Prostitution-Free Zone Amendment Act of 2014)

To The Honorable Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, Human Rights Watch respectfully submits this written testimony in support of Bill 20-760 that would repeal legislation authorizing “Prostitution-Free Zones” (PFZ) in the District of…

November 12, 2013 News

Why Congress Should Approve Guantanamo Provisions in the Current Draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

The US Congress is now considering a new bill that could facilitate the closure of Guantanamo—something crucially important to US national security interests. The key provisions are in Section 1031-1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)…

June 5, 2013 News

UN Human Rights Council: US Should Stop Detaining Individuals Without Charge or Trial at Guantanamo and Bagram

HRC 23 - Statement Delivered Under Item 4, on Behalf of 9 NGOs, with Support of 26 NGOs

The United States continues to detain individuals for indefinite periods without charge or trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan in violation of its obligations under international human rights law. Of the 779…

May 16, 2013 News

US: Statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the AUMF, Targeted Killing, & Guantanamo

Testimony of Executive Director Kenneth Roth

On May 16, 2013, the US Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing entitled “The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force”. Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, gave the…

April 22, 2013 News

Memorandum of Support from Human Rights Watch for Bill: S1379/A2736

(AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the criminal procedure law and the executive law, in relation to the use in evidence of the fact of possession of a condom.) Human Rights Watch submits this memorandum in support of S1379/ A2736, which…

January 4, 2013 News

US: Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee

During its Consideration of the Fourth Periodic Report of the United States

Human Rights Watch submitted this statement in advance of the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s upcoming pre-sessional review of the United States. We hope that the points raised in this submission will inform the Committee’s understanding of the US…

February 27, 2012 News

Memorandum of Support for New York State Bill S.323/A.1008

Ending the Use of Condom Possession as Evidence of Prostitution

Human Rights Watch submits this memorandum in support of S.323/A.1008, which would change the current law by explicitly prohibiting the introduction of condoms as evidence of prostitution and prostitution-related offenses in certain criminal and civil…

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