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June 6, 2017 News

States should protect LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination; Philippines should cooperate with UN executions mandate

Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

We welcome the first report of the Independent Expert on SOGI-related violence and discrimination. We recognize that some States opposed creation of the mandate, but are encouraged that it was reaffirmed by the General Assembly with support from all UN…

Delegates arrive for the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2017.

September 10, 2012 News

UN Human Rights Council: Statement on the Situation of the Rohingya in Burma, and on the Situation Throughout Mali

Oral Statement Under Item 2: Interactive Dialogue With the High Commissioner

Human Rights Watch shares the High Commissioner's concerns about serious ongoing abuses in Arakan and Kachin State in Burma both of which Human Rights Watch has extensively documented. In Arakan State, the Burmese government inadequately responded to the…

March 11, 2009 News

Human Rights Organizations Respond to Nigeria 'Same Gender' Bill at National Assembly Hearing

Statements by Human Rights Watch, Global Rights, and TIP-Nigeria to the Nigerian National Assembly

Statements to the Nigerian National Assembly by:1) Global Rights and Human Rights Watch2) The Independent Project for Equal Rights (TIP) - Nigeria Global Rights and Human Rights Watch Statement to the Nigerian National Assembly on the Same Gender…

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…

March 31, 2000 News

Peru: Law of Protection from Family Violence

To: Aurora Torrejón Riva de ChinchaFrom: Women's Rights Division of Human Rights WatchRe: Law of Protection from Family Violence Domestic violence is a widespread problem in Peru, and women, overwhelmingly, are its victims. In 1998, the National Police…

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States should protect LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination; Philippines should cooperate with UN executions mandate

UN Human Rights Council: Statement on the Situation of the Rohingya in Burma, and on the Situation Throughout Mali

Human Rights Organizations Respond to Nigeria 'Same Gender' Bill at National Assembly Hearing

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

Peru: Law of Protection from Family Violence

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