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January 28, 2022 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Egypt

This document provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s observations and questions to Egypt in advance of the upcoming pre-sessional review of Egypt by the UN Human Rights Committee (“the Committee”). We hope that it will inform the Committee’s…

October 13, 2020 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt

79th Pre-Session

We write in advance of the 79th pre-session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…

November 11, 2016 News

Fifteenth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties

Human Rights Watch Briefing Note

The states parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will meet in The Hague from November 16-24, 2016 at the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). The Assembly session each year is an opportunity for ICC states parties…

September 17, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Egypt's Human Rights Situation; Repression in China; and Arrests in Bahrain

HRC 27 -- Statement Delivered Under Item 4

In Egypt the human rights situation is deteriorating gravely. The authorities continue to implement a new law effectively banning protests and to jail and try political opponents in legal proceedings that flagrantly violate due process rights. Since July…

September 8, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Welcoming New High Commissioner Prince Zeid and Highlighting Obstacles HRC is Facing

Statement Delivered Under Item 2

We welcome the introductory statement of High Commissioner Prince Zeid and wish him all the best in his new role. One of the key challenges the High Commissioner has highlighted is addressing the root causes of gross human rights violations, including the…

March 13, 2014 News

134 NGOs Call on ICC Prosecutor to Continue Investigations in Congo

Joint Declaration from 134 Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations Regarding the International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s Visit to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo The signatories of this declaration—134 Congolese and…

September 9, 2013 News

UN Human Rights Council: HRW Reaction to the High Commissioner's Update on Egypt, Sri Lanka and Bahrain

HRC 24th Session - Statement Delivered Under Item 2, General Debate

We thank the High Commissioner for her statement and welcome her offices' engagement on the situation in Egypt. The past two months have seen unprecedented human rights abuses in Egypt, with the largest single incident of mass killing by security services…

November 11, 2011 News

Declaration from the Dungu Workshop

Common Position Resulting from the Workshop Held in Dungu, Haut Uele, Orientale Province, DR Congo on October 20 to 23, 2011

From October 20 to 23, Human Rights Watch and the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Dungu (CDJP) hosted a four-day workshop in Dungu, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, to consider the continued threat to civilians by the Ugandan…

April 15, 2011 News

DR Congo: Establishment of a Specialized Mixed Court for the Prosecution of Serious International Crimes

Common Position Resulting from the Workshop Held in Goma on April 6-8, 2011

The representatives of Congolese civil society organizations from the 11 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and international civil society organizations meeting in Goma from April 6 to 8, 2011, agreed upon the following common position…

August 21, 2009 News

DR Congo: Chronology

Early History (1300s - 1800s)The Belgians (1870s - 1959)Independence (1960 - 1990s)War (1994 - 1999)Failed Peace Efforts (1999 - 2003)Transition (2003 - 2006) A New Government but More Conflict (2006 - ) Early History 1300s The Kongo empire, a highly…

July 30, 2009 News

African Civil Society Urges African States Parties to the Rome Statute to Reaffirm Their Commitment to the ICC

On 3 July 2009 the African Union (AU) agreed that its members should withhold cooperation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The court issued its arrest warrant for President al-…

March 2, 2009 News

Seven Initiatives Congress Should Take on International Justice

1. Insist on justice as a key element of strategies to address situations where widespread atrocities are being committed, such as in Darfur. 2. Adopt a zero tolerance attitude on impunity for mass atrocities committed in Darfur and press the…

March 2, 2009 News

Eight Initiatives the Obama Administration Should Take on International Justice

1. Convey a firm commitment to ensure justice for serious crimes. 2. Send an unequivocal message to the Sudanese leadership that the Obama administration will not use justice as a bargaining chip in any negotiations with Khartoum. 3. Initiate…

December 4, 2008 News

Cries for Help From Congo’s War Victims

“We have been abandoned. Who will protect us? Who will help us?”

In late August 2008, the Congolese army (FARDC) and the rebel group, the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), resumed heavy fighting in the most recent episode of more than a decade of war in eastern Congo. The Congolese army was…

December 7, 2007 News

Statement to the Sixth Session of the International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties

Delivered by Richard Dicker

Distinguished Delegates: I am Richard Dicker, the Director of Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program. I am grateful for the opportunity to address this sixth session of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Assembly of States Parties (…

January 24, 2006 News

Impunity in the Great Lakes Region

Statement by Human Rights Watch prepared for the “Arria Formula” meeting

Human Rights Watch believes that limiting--and ultimately ending--the impunity for crimes like the mass slaughter of innocent civilians, the forced displacement of populations along ethnic lines and the use of rape as a weapon of war is crucial to…

September 7, 2004 News

Joint NGO statement on the Beslan Hostage Tragedy

Out of respect for the victims of the tragedy, their relatives and the national, two-day period of mourning, the release of this statement was delayed until 8 September.

A coalition of Russian and international human rights organizations united today to condemn in the strongest terms the taking hostage and killing of hundreds of children, parents and teachers by a group of armed men and women in a school in the city of…

June 25, 2004 News

Combating War Crimes in Africa

Testimony of Corinne Dufka before the U.S. House International Relations Committee, Africa Subcommittee

I want to thank Chairman Royce and ranking member Payne for inviting my organization, Human Rights Watch, to address the Africa Subcommittee about the important topic we are addressing here today: Combating War Crimes in Africa. My name is Corinne Dufka.…

January 28, 2004 News

Torture and Non-Refoulement

Briefing to the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

In its annual resolution on torture, the Commission on Human Rights should reaffirm the absolute obligation of states not to return (“refouler”) a person to a country where he or she is at risk of being subjected to torture or other cruel or inhuman…

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