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November 9, 2021 News

Letter to President Biden on US Policy Toward the Middle East

November 3, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: US Policy Toward the Middle East Dear President Biden, When you were elected last year, we urged your incoming administration to strive to be a…

April 12, 2021 News

Letter to MFA in Ukraine Regarding Nationals Arbitrarily Held in Syria

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Minister Dmytro Kuleba Mykhailivska Square, 1, Kyiv, 01018 formin@mfa.gov.ua public.info@mfa.gov.ua press@mfa.gov.ua March 25, 2021 RE: PLIGHT OF UKRAINIANS ARBITRARILY HELD IN NORTHEAST SYRIA Dear…

June 24, 2019 News

Letter to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne

Re: Protecting Human Rights in Australia’s Foreign Policy

Dear Minister Payne, Congratulations on your reappointment as foreign minister. Human Rights Watch looks forward to working with you to make protection of human rights a strong pillar of Australia’s foreign policy. We attach a…

August 31, 2018 News

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict

To the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict We write to you to express concern at the failure of the Syrian government to disclose more information about the deaths of arbitrarily detained and…

August 3, 2018 News

Letter from the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led Autonomous Administration, Responding to Human Rights Watch on Child Recruitment

7/16/2018 To Human Rights Watch In response to your questions about the recruitment of children in the People’s and Women’s Protection [Units], this is our reply to you: First, we value your huge efforts to document human…

April 4, 2018 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in advance of its review of the Syrian Arab Republic

80th Pre-sessional Working Group June 2018 We write in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child pre-sessional review of Syria to highlight grave concerns including summary executions of children, unlawful attacks that…

February 19, 2017 News

Letter to H.E. Sergey V. Lavrov Regarding Aerial Attacks that have Deliberately or Indiscriminately Struck Civilian Targets in Syria

H.E. Sergey V. Lavrov Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya pl. 119200, Moscow G-200 The Russian Federation Dear Minister, …

February 17, 2017 News

Letter to States on Funding for Syria Investigative Mechanism

HRW Calls on Cosponsoring States to Provide Funding for Syria Investigative Mechanism

Dear Ambassador, We write to thank your government for its support for the December 2016 General Assembly resolution to establish the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of…

The UN General Assembly votes on the Syria Investigative Mechanism resolution

December 20, 2016 News

Letter to Foreign Ministers: Support UNGA Resolution on Accountability for Syria Crimes

Your Excellency, I write to urge your government to support the UN General Assembly resolution tabled on Monday, December 19, and currently co-sponsored by 38 states as a first step towards securing justice for victims of serious crimes in…

Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack

November 16, 2016 News

Letter to Russian Ministry of Defense Regarding Attacks on Haas

H.E. Sergei K. Shoigu Minister of Defense Ministry of Defense 19 Znamenka st. 119160, Moscow Russia cc. H.E. Sergey V. Lavrov Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of…

September 6, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Lebanon

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in advance of its review of Lebanon We write in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child pre-sessional review of Lebanon to highlight…

August 10, 2016 News

Letter to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Regarding Cluster Munitions in Syria

Dear Minister, I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch with respect to the ongoing cluster munition attacks in Syria and the Russian Federation’s role in those attacks, specifically to request that the Russian Federation publicly…

January 29, 2016 News

Letter and memorandum to donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference

January 29, 2016 To: Donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference Human Rights Watch welcomes the upcoming Syria conference. It is essential that it should deliver a greatly strengthened international effort to…

September 2, 2015 News

Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

Call on the Human Rights Council to step up its action towards the release of all arbitrarily detained persons in Syria

Your Excellency, At the upcoming 30th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (14 September-2 October 2015), we call on your delegation to support a country- and issue-specific resolution that addresses the fate of all…

July 23, 2015 News

Letter from YPG in Response to Human Rights Watch

To Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch issued on 15 July 2015 report to public opinion in which accused our units recruiting those under the legal age in hostilities. We highly appreciate report of the Human Rights Watch…

December 1, 2014 News

An Open Letter to the Members of the Wassenaar Arrangement

We, the undersigned organisations, call upon the 41 Governments that compose the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, to take action and address the alarming proliferation of surveillance…

June 17, 2014 News

Letter to the UN HRC Re: Statement by Civil Society Organizations on Accountability in Syria at the UN Human Rights Council

Excellency, The undersigned non-governmental organisations remain deeply concerned by the inability of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). We note with alarm that the May…

May 19, 2014 News

Letter: 58 States Call on UN Members to Co-Sponsor the French Resolution Referring Syria to the ICC

To All UN Member States and Observers

Excellencies, I am writing to you on behalf of the following 58 States: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'lvoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,…

February 7, 2014 News

Letter to the Foreign Ministers of UN Security Council Member States

As Olympic games open in Sochi, 37 humanitarian, human rights, and peace organizations call for UNSC Resolution to open Syria to aid.

Dear Foreign Minister: As the world comes together in Sochi to open the Olympic Games, Syrians are living under siege. In the spirit of the ancient tradition of an Olympic truce, echoed by the United Nations Secretary General in January, we call on…

February 19, 2013 News

Letter to Kuwait Foreign Minister on Supporting Syria Accountability Initiative

H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabah Al-Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dear Foreign Minister: We write to request that your government support an initiative led by Switzerland calling on the United Nations (UN) Security Council…

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