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September 16, 2021 News

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Review of Ecuador

80th Session

We write in advance of the 80th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of Ecuador’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This submission…

July 13, 2021 News

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Ecuador

90th Pre-Session

We write in advance of the 90th pre-session of the Committee on Rights of the Child and its adoption of a list of issues prior to reporting regarding Ecuador’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission includes information…

June 8, 2021 News

Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Armed Conflict

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for his thematic report to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding the rights of persons with…

September 3, 2020 News

Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Ali Ghandour

(Beirut) - Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of the philanthropist Ali Ghandour, whose support was critical to building our organization’s role in promoting and protecting human rights in Lebanon. He died on August 29, 2020, at the age of 89.…

July 15, 2020 News

Amicus Curiae in the case of Guzmán Albarracín y otros Vs. Ecuador

Subject: Human Rights Watch Amicus Curiae in the case of Guzmán Albarracín y otros Vs. Ecuador Purpose and Summary Human Rights Watch respectfully requests that the Honorable Inter-American Court of Human Rights accept us as Friends of the…

September 6, 2019 News

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Ecuador

66th Session, 2019

This submission relates to the review of Ecuador under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It focuses on access to abortion, school-related sexual violence, and the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed…

May 8, 2019 News

Amicus curiae on Venezuelan immigration to Ecuador

Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019 Honorable Justice Hernán Salgado Pesantes President of the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Quito – ECUADOR Case: 0014-19-IN Subject: Human Rights Watch Amicus curiae on Venezuelan…

April 26, 2019 News

Ecuador: Amicus brief regarding Same-Sex Marriage

Honorable Justice Hernán Salgado Pesantes Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Quito – Ecuador Case: 0011-18-CN José Miguel Vivanco, on behalf of Human Rights Watch, located at 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, United…

June 12, 2018 News

Testimony at the Argentine Congress on decriminalization of abortion

Dear Congressmen, Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Argentine Congress to discuss the decriminalization of abortion in the country. The purpose of my presentation is to present a review of international human rights…

March 15, 2018 News

Argentina Should Decriminalize Abortion

Argentina's UPR adoption

During its 2014 Universal Periodic Review, Argentina committed itself to examining a series of recommendations regarding women’s access to reproductive rights in the country. These included recommendations to take steps to ensure that no woman or girl is…

A banner that reads, "Not another (woman) less" is seen outside the Congress during a demonstration against femicides and violence against women in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 3, 2017

September 21, 2017 News

Ecuador should address longstanding human rights problems

Item 6 UPR adoption

Unlike his predecessor Rafael Correa, President Lenin Moreno has, since taking office in May 2017, publicly endorsed respect for free speech and civil society. The Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs Ministry, however, appears to be adopting positions that are…

Demonstrators clash with a riot police officer during a protest in Quito, Ecuador, on December 3, 2015, as the Ecuadorean National Assembly attended the second debate about constitutional amendments.

June 29, 2017 News

Canada: Court Decision a Global Threat to Information Access

Canada’s Supreme Court on June 28, 2017 upheld a lower court’s injunction to require Google to delist web pages from a company that had been copying and selling a product belonging to Equustek Solutions Inc.. Google had already delisted all the company’s…

August 7, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch Statement on Proposed Amendments to Jordan’s 2008 Law on Associations

Jordanian authorities have proposed far-reaching amendments to the country’s associations law that, if promulgated and implemented, will severely hamper the ability of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to form and operate. The amendments place onerous…

January 20, 2015 News

Submission on the combined eighth and ninth periodic report of Ecuador to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, February 19, 2015

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

June 16, 2014 News

Amicus Brief on Refugee Rights in Ecuador

I. Introduction The issue presented before the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court in this case[1] is whether Presidential Decree 1182 violates the Ecuadorian Constitution.[2] Specifically, among other issues, the honorable Court is asked to consider whether…

March 20, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of Jordan

Delivered Under Item 6, HRC 25

The Human Rights Council’s review of Jordan comes at a time of serious external challenges and government plansfor internal reform. Jordanian authorities are currently undertaking legislative changes to realize priorities of King Abdullah’s reform agenda…

January 30, 2014 News

Ecuador: Police Ex-Commander Detained

Edgar Vaca Faces Charges of Crimes Against Humanity

The detention of a former police commander wanted by Ecuador for crimes against humanity is a positive step, Human rights Watch said today. Edgar Vaca, police commander during the presidency of León Febres Cordero, from 1984 to 1988, was detained in…

December 23, 2013 News

Argentina: Military Chief’s Promotion Raises Concerns

Milani Implicated in Abuses During Dictatorship

The Argentine Senate promoted Maj. Gen. César Milani, the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, to lieutenant general on December 18, 2013, despite allegations by victims and human rights groups that he had participated in serious human rights abuses…