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September 13, 2021 News

Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

Dear Foreign Minister, We write to you to urge your government to take urgent steps to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan and help protect Afghans at particular risk by taking a rights-based approach in your role at the…

September 13, 2021 News

Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

Dear Foreign Minister, We write to you to urge your government to take urgent steps to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan and help protect Afghans at particular risk by taking a rights-based approach in your role at the…

October 14, 2020 News

Gender Alert on Covid-19 Afghanistan

Issue XV: The impact of COVID19- on women and girls’ education

UN Women, UNICEF and Human Rights Watch jointly issue this fifteenth alert to continue to highlight the gender specific impact of COVID-19 in Afghanistan. This alert focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls’ education and the…

July 5, 2019 News

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Tunisia

84th pre-sessional, 2019

This submission focuses on the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict and the protection of girls from violence and exploitation. Protection of Education During Armed Conflict (article 28) …

March 25, 2019 News

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Rwanda

83rd pre-sessional working group, 2019

This submission focuses on the issue of the protection of children in detention, and the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict. Detention and Ill-Treatment of Children (Articles 19 and 37) …

June 12, 2018 News

Letter to the World Bank re Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project

To Vice Presidents Dixon and Sennhauser

Re: Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project Dear Vice Presidents Dixon and Sennhauser, I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to update you on our research and to raise urgent issues regarding the World Bank’s…

April 4, 2017 News

Updated Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Pakistan

Summary This submission focuses on the protection of education and the situation of asylum seekers and refugees in Pakistan. It is an update to our earlier submission, based on recent events. It relates to Articles 2, 6, 7, 11, 13, and 14 of…

October 2, 2016 News

HRW Letter re: Brussels Conference on Afghanistan

Dear Foreign Minister, As your government considers the policy and resource commitments it will make at next month’s Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch urges you to strengthen your support for reforms that promote…

July 6, 2016 News

Letter to NATO Re: Civilian Protection in Afghanistan

Dear NATO Heads of State, The 2016 NATO Summit, to be held in Warsaw on July 8-9, 2016, is meant to reaffirm NATO’s continuing commitment to Afghanistan at a time when the Afghan government is under growing pressure not only from Taliban…

January 8, 2014 News

Letter to the EU Commissioner for Development Piebalgs on women's rights in Afghanistan

EU support to women’s rights in Afghanistan

Dear Commissioner Piebalgs, We are writing to urge you to ensure that women’s rights are a top priority in the new programming of EU development cooperation to Afghanistan for the period 2014-2020. This is a crucial time for the European Union to show its…

January 8, 2014 News

Letter to the EU High Representative and EU Foreign Ministers on women’s rights in Afghanistan

Escalating setbacks to women’s rights in Afghanistan

Dear High Representative, We are writing to urge you to use the January 20 meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to publicly speak out against the generalized attack on women’s rights in Afghanistan and to ensure that women’s rights are a top priority…

September 4, 2013 News

Letter to President Karzai: Redouble Efforts to Implement Elimination of Violence Against Women Law

An Open Letter to His Excellency, Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Your Excellency: Please accept our greetings and respect, and our thanks for the excellent collaboration we have enjoyed with many members of your government. We appreciate the opportunity to have an ongoing dialogue with key officials on human rights…

September 13, 2012 News

Letter to Members of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly

September 13, 2012 Dear Members of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly, Human Rights Watch, an independent, nongovernmental organization, is writing to urge you to amend those articles of the draft constitution made public by the…

March 26, 2009 News

Human Rights Watch Letter to President Barack Obama on Afghanistan

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Afghanistan Dear President Obama, We write to you regarding the new US policy towards Afghanistan, which we understand you are announcing tomorrow. Human…

December 18, 2007 News

Letter to Governments in Asia and the Middle East on International Migrants' Day

Migrants’ Groups Call for Key Reforms

To participants in the Colombo process, including governments in Asia and the Middle East, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM): We, the undersigned groups, represent migrants’ associations, trade unions, human rights groups, and other…

November 27, 2003 News

Letter to Nigerian President Obasanjo Ahead of Commonwealth Summit

Dear President Obasanjo, Human Rights Watch is writing to you as host of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to outline a number of issues which we believe Commonwealth leaders should address when they meet in Abuja next week. In…

November 25, 2003 News

Commonwealth Summit: Fulfill Commitments on Human Rights, Democracy, Good Governance, and the Rule of Law

The Commonwealth has a proud record of promoting human rights, democracy, good governance and the rule of law. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, Nigeria next month - which will focus on the theme of Democracy and Development…

August 1, 2003 News

Rwanda and the Security Council: Changing the International Tribunal

Letter to Council Members on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Your Excellency: As the Security Council considers proposed changes in the post of prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), its deliberations provide an important opportunity to review the current status and future needs of…

July 12, 2002 News

Letter to President Pervez Musharraf

Dear President Musharraf: We appreciate the government's prompt response to the recent Mukhtaran Bibi case in Meerwala, Punjab. However, we write to express a number of concerns about the role of the police in this case and, more generally, the exercise…

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Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

Gender Alert on Covid-19 Afghanistan

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Tunisia

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Rwanda

Letter to the World Bank re Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project

Updated Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Pakistan

HRW Letter re: Brussels Conference on Afghanistan

Letter to NATO Re: Civilian Protection in Afghanistan

Letter to the EU Commissioner for Development Piebalgs on women's rights in Afghanistan

Letter to the EU High Representative and EU Foreign Ministers on women’s rights in Afghanistan

Letter to President Karzai: Redouble Efforts to Implement Elimination of Violence Against Women Law

Letter to Members of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly

Human Rights Watch Letter to President Barack Obama on Afghanistan

Letter to Governments in Asia and the Middle East on International Migrants' Day

Letter to Nigerian President Obasanjo Ahead of Commonwealth Summit

Commonwealth Summit: Fulfill Commitments on Human Rights, Democracy, Good Governance, and the Rule of Law

Rwanda and the Security Council: Changing the International Tribunal

Letter to President Pervez Musharraf

Afghanistan: Letter to First Lady Laura Bush

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