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March 7, 2019 News

Repealing Article 92-6 of the Republic of Korea’s Military Criminal Act

Amicus Brief to the Honorable Justices of the Constitutional Court of Korea

I. Introduction Human Rights Watch respectfully submits this amicus brief in connection with case 2017Hun-Ga16, now before the Constitutional Court of Korea (“Constitutional Court”), which involves a review of the…

June 30, 2018 News

Human Rights Watch’s public comment to the Tokyo Municipal Government on its “Outline: Tokyo metropolitan government regulation proposals to fulfill and uphold human rights values stated in the Olympic Charter ”

Human Rights Watch is a non-governmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights in over 90 countries around the world, including Japan. We have specialist teams that work on thematic issues, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…

February 24, 2017 News

Include LGBT Students in Basic Policy for the Prevention of Bullying

Human Rights Watch thanks the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) for the opportunity to give comment on revisions to the Basic Policy for the Prevention of Bullying. Human Rights Watch is an…

manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance

June 19, 2009 News

Human Rights Watch and Minority Rights Group Intervention in Chagos Islanders v UK in the European Court of Human Rights

Application No. 35622/04 IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS BETWEEN: - THE CHAGOS ISLANDERS Applicants - and - THE UNITED KINGDOM Respondent - and - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP INTERNATIONAL Interveners …

October 28, 2008 News

Latin American, Caribbean States Blocking UN Effort to End Juvenile Executions

(New York, October 28, 2008) – Latin American and Caribbean governments should drop their opposition to UN efforts to end executions of juvenile offenders, Human Rights Watch said today. UN diplomats in New York are debating the juvenile death penalty as…

October 1, 2008 News

British Government's Diplomatic Assurances Policy

Human Rights Watch and JUSTICE Amicus Brief to the UK House of Lords

The British government has sought to deport terrorism or national security suspects in reliance on diplomatic assurances against torture from the men's home governments. In two important cases to be heard in October 2008-RB and U v. Secretary of State…

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