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March 31, 2022 News

Human Rights Watch Statement to Donors and Governments at the UN Donors Conference for Afghanistan, March 31, 2022

My name is Fereshta Abbasi and I am speaking on behalf of Human Rights Watch. Afghanistan has spiralled into a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe following the Taliban’s takeover last year. Millions of Afghans are facing acute food insecurity—…

Women walking Nadir Khan Overlooking Kabul womens rights us withdrawl

November 4, 2021 News

CSOs welcome political commitment to end international oil, gas, and coal finance by end of 2022, say others need to follow suit

(Glasgow) — Today at COP26, more than 20 countries and institutions, including the United States, Canada, Mali and Costa Rica, launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the…

Coal ash swirls on the surface of the Dan River in Danville, Virginia

September 14, 2021 News

HRW submission to the Home Office of the Government of the UK

Open Consultation on Domestic Abuse Act statutory guidance

Comments on Chapter 2 (‘Understanding Domestic Abuse’) We write to note concerns regarding Chapter 2 of the draft Statutory Guidance, particularly regarding response to Black, Asian, migrant and other women in marginalized groups who experience…

February 12, 2021 News

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Italy

80th pre-session

This submission derives from Human Rights Watch’s documentation of rights violations in Italy and focuses on access to reproductive health care and access to education, including during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as complicity in abuses faced by…

November 12, 2020 News

Accountability for Congo’s Palm Oil Workers

After Pledging Reforms, UK Development Bank Should Implement Them

A United Kingdom development bank, CDC Group, has taken another step toward addressing human rights abuses at oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In May, the bank committed to reforming its complaints mechanism and adopting a…

November 13, 2019 News

Italy Shares Responsibility for Libya Abuses against Migrants

Third-Party Intervention Filed at European Court of Human Rights

On 11 November 2019, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch submitted a joint third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in a case involving Libya’s abuses against migrants during operations at sea and upon return to…

November 12, 2019 News

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Submissions to the European Court of Human Rights

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December 21, 2015 News

Dispatches: Will UK keep its promise to protect domestic workers?

The UK government says it wants to end modern slavery. But if that’s true, why has it been stalling on a key reform which would help protect migrant domestic workers from abuse at the hands of their employers? …

July 1, 2014 News

Dispatches: New Abortion Rules in Peru

Women in Peru facing tough reproductive choices got great news this week when the Ministry of Health adopted new abortion guidelines that should help doctors treat patients in need. Ninety years ago, Peru’s lawmakers decided that even though abortion is a…

June 13, 2014 News

Submission on the combined seventh and eighth periodic report of Peru to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

We write in advance of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women’s upcoming review of Peru to highlight areas of concern regarding the Peruvian government’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

October 25, 2012 News

UK Halts Deportation of Some Tamil Asylum Seekers

Human Rights Watch Research on Returned Tamils Facing Torture in Sri Lanka Cited

The seven ethnic Tamil men waited on the tarmac of a London airport last May, literally minutes from take-off and from being deported to Sri Lanka. British authorities had rejected their applications for asylum, despite increasing information that Tamils…

September 20, 2012 News

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of the United Kingdom's UPR

Oral Statement Under Item 6

The Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom addressed a range of concerns including counterterrorism legislation and policies, as well as ways in which the UK is failing to its obligations to promote and protect women’s human rights. The UK…

November 25, 2011 News

Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom: November 2011

Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council

Summary UK counterterrorism policy and legislation continues to undermine fundamental human rights. The UK is failing to meet its obligations to promote and protect women’s human rights. Since the coming into office of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat…

May 5, 2008 News

Universal Periodic Review of Peru

Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council

Justice for past abuses is a leading human rights concern in Peru. While authorities have made some progress in holding accountable those responsible for some abuses committed during its 20-year armed conflict (1980-2000), most perpetrators continue to…

November 1, 2007 News

UK Allows Iraqi Interpreters to Resettle

On October 6, the British government announced that it will allow Iraqi interpreters and other key support staff to settle in the United Kingdom. Iraqis who worked for British forces are particularly vulnerable to being targeted by insurgents and militia…

September 1, 2007 News

UK Moves to Protect its Iraqi Interpreters

Following high-profile media reports about Iraqi interpreters whose lives are threatened because they worked for British forces, the British government announced on August 7 that it will review its policy of non-preferential treatment for Iraqi employees…

March 24, 2004 News

Rights of Non-Citizens

Human Rights Watch Submission to CERD

In this memorandum sent to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination prior to its discussion on the rights of non-citizens, Human Rights Watch outlines its concerns regarding discrimination against selected categories of non-citizens in…

May 31, 2002 News

Trafficking in Italy

While attending a conference in Rome on the "Human Rights Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons," Widney Brown, advocacy director for Human Rights Watch's Women's Rights division, met with officials from the Italian Foreign Ministry to express concern…

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