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October 5, 2021 News

Vaccine Mandates Can Support Human Rights, But Broader Strategy Is Crucial

In COVID-19 vaccines, we have an extremely impressive piece of biotechnology. But they won’t do their job if the health system ends up perpetuating historical marginalisation and political humiliation. People get uneasy when the vaccinator shows up…

A person in Soweto, South Africa receives an injection as they participate in a clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in June 2020.

March 19, 2021 News

Amicus Curiae on the Right to Freedom from Gender-Based Harassment and Violence

Honorable Antonio José Lizarazo Ocampo Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Palacio de Justicia Bogotá, D.C. – COLOMBIA Case: 8028404 Subject: Human Rights Watch amicus curiae brief Ximena Casas and Nisha Varia, on behalf of…

April 13, 2020 News

Armed Groups in Colombia Threaten Civilians Over COVID-19 Measures

Vulnerable, Poor Communities at Risk of Further Abuse

In parts of Colombia, armed groups exercise a frightening amount of control over the population. Now, some groups are threatening to brutally enforce measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Armed groups have issued threatening…

May 30, 2018 News

Colombia: Amicus Curiae on Access to Abortion

Honorable Cristina Pardo Schlesinger Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Rapporteur of Case T-6.612.909 Case: T-6.612.909 Subject: Human Rights Watch amicus curiae brief …

September 30, 2016 News

The Failed Promise of Mining Embitters Malawians

Malita had high hopes when she first heard that foreign and domestic companies would start mining in her area of Malawi. The government and the companies promised jobs, better schools and improved access to healthcare in her village. They…

November 24, 2012 News

A year of progress in eliminating violence against women

“If I looked nice, he hit me,” Ana L., a mother of five in Colombia, told me. Ana (not her real name) detailed years of abuse by her partner. He beat her when she was pregnant, and hit her head so hard that she suffered permanent vision damage. She sought…

September 4, 2012 News

Invisible Prisoners

The Fight for Human Rights

In 2008, recently out of Yale Law School, I traveled to Malawi with a development organization and met a local prosecutor over lunch. Making conversation, I asked her what type of cases she prosecuted: "Murders," she said. When I asked why a career as a…

April 13, 2012 News

Putting Women on the Agenda in Cartagena

It’s the Americas’ largest reunion. Happening every three years, the Summit of the Americas brings together the heads-of-state of the region to talk about pressing concerns. Over the weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, the theme will be “Connecting the…

August 18, 2008 News

The costs of marital rape in Southern Africa

For years now, women’s groups in Southern Africa have campaigned tirelessly to ensure that the Southern African Development Community adopt the Protocol on Gender and Development. Yesterday, the SADC finally took that historic step. Member states will be…

June 23, 2008 News

Comments to the Malawi Law Commission on the development of HIV and AIDS Legislation

Reverend Joseph Mpinganjira, Chairperson The Malawi Law Commission Sent by facsimile: RE: COMMENTS ON THE REPORT OF THE LAW COMMISSION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIV AND AIDS LEGISLATION Dear Reverend Mpinganjira and members of the Commission:…

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