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June 23, 2020 News

Open Letter to the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict

June 22, 2020 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, As nongovernmental organizations working to alleviate humanitarian suffering and protect human rights, we strongly support United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent…

June 24, 2019 News

Letter to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne

Re: Protecting Human Rights in Australia’s Foreign Policy

Dear Minister Payne, Congratulations on your reappointment as foreign minister. Human Rights Watch looks forward to working with you to make protection of human rights a strong pillar of Australia’s foreign policy. We attach a…

September 25, 2015 News

UN Human Rights Council: Joint NGO Letter on Yemen Resolution

Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observers of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge your delegation to support the establishment by the UN Human Rights Council during its 30th session of an independent, international mechanism to document violations committed by…

November 8, 2013 News

Joint Letter to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Candidacy for the Human Rights Council

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Royal Court Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Your Majesty, With elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council quickly approaching, and with Saudi Arabia standing as a candidate, we are writing to urge Your…

March 2, 2011 News

Gabon/Nigeria/South Africa: Reconsider Support for Deferral of ICC Kenya Investigation

Civil Society Letter to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of African ICC States Parties on the UN Security Council

Sent March 1, 2011 Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned organizations, urge your government to reconsider support for a United Nations Security Council deferral of investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kenya…

November 9, 2010 News

Letter to the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Urging Immediate Steps Towards the Implementation of Women's Rights Commitments

H.R.H. Prince Sa'ud al-Faisal bin Abd al-‘Aziz Al Sa'ud Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Your Excellency, On Wednesday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's candidacy for the executive board of the new agency UN Women will be…

February 4, 2009 News

List of recommendations for the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia at the UN Human Rights Council

Human Rights Watch calls on UN member states to raise the following issues with the Saudi delegation: I. Transparency Toward Rights Bodies Issue a standing invitation to UN special rapporteurs. The rapporteurs on Torture, on Trafficking, on…

September 9, 2005 News

Letter to Nigerian President Obasanjo Urging the Prompt Surrender of Charles Taylor

Dear President Obasanjo, More than two years ago, former President Charles Taylor left Liberia after being forced from power in August 2003. We understand that Nigeria initially granted Charles Taylor refuge after extensive consultation with regional…

June 9, 2004 News

Letter to the U.N. Security Council Ahead of Its Trip to West Africa

Sir Emyr Jones Parry U.K. Ambassador to the U.N. Your Excellency, For over a decade, Human Rights Watch has monitored crisis and conflict in West Africa, documented human rights abuses, and pressed for action to stop the abuses. Human Rights Watch…

November 27, 2001 News

Fact Sheet: Past U.S. Criticism of Military Tribunals

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…

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