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May 13, 2020 News

Emergency Action Needed for Vulnerable Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining Communities & Supply Chains

As COVID-19 sweeps the globe, affecting the health and lives of millions, the pandemic is wreaking further economic havoc on the lives of artisanal, small scale miners and their communities. 83% of the world’s mining workforce relies on these…

An artisanal mine in the Western region of Ghana

October 8, 2019 News

Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on children’s right to a healthy environment, in advance of its 2020 annual full-day meeting on the same topic…

October 2, 2019 News

Comments Delivered at EPA Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Changes to 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals Final Rule

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to the Coal Combustion Residual Rule. My name is Sarah Saadoun and I’m a researcher at Human Rights Watch, a non-profit independent organization that investigates and reports on…

November 12, 2018 News

Joint Statement by Civil Society Group’s on Human Rights in the Diamond Supply Chain

Diamond Industry Fails to Clean Up its Act The diamond industry must deliver on its promise that consumers can trust the diamonds they purchase are sourced, traded, and processed responsibly, said a coalition of concerned…

June 22, 2018 News

Civil society call to tackle abuses, conflict, and lack of transparency in diamond supply chain

The diamond industry continues to be tainted by links between diamonds and human rights abuses, conflict finance, and corruption. Although the diamond industry is not the only sector facing these threats, it is unique in its…

June 1, 2017 News

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on the Overseas Operations of Canadian Extractive Companies

Human Rights Watch welcomes this opportunity to address the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights in relation to the human rights impact of Canadian extractive companies operating abroad. Human Rights Watch is actively engaged in…

April 5, 2017 News

Human Rights Watch Testimony at Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs and Global Health Policy on Dodd-Frank Section 1502

A Progress Report on Conflict Minerals

Testimony to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs and Global Health Policy Regarding Dodd-Frank Section 1502 Chairman Flake, Ranking Member Booker and other members of the subcommittee, …

June 6, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch Statement on the Kimberley Process

Human Rights Watch (HRW) supports civil society efforts to reform the Kimberley Process in order to effectively tackle human rights problems linked to the diamond trade. The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme is an international body that…

March 30, 2016 News

Joint Statement Urging a Halt of Pre-Election Civil Society Crackdown in Equatorial Guinea

The government of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea should immediately cease its suppression of independent voices ahead of presidential elections, a group of human rights and democracy organizations said today. The government…

November 13, 2014 News

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Briefing: An International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) to Mitigate Grand Corruption and Human Rights Abuses

Oral Testimony of Arvind Ganesan, Business and Human Rights Director, Human Rights Watch

Chairman McGovern, Chairman Wolf, and members of the Lantos Human Rights Commission, Thank you for providing us this important opportunity to speak about the linkage between grand corruption and human rights and remedies for this serious problem. For more…

November 12, 2013 News

Recommendations on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Small-Scale Gold Mining for OECD Conference on Due Diligence

To the 6th ICGLR-OECD-UNGoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, 13-15 Nov 2013, Kigali

Introduction Human Rights Watch has documented the use of child labor in small-scale gold mining in Mali, Ghana, and Tanzania. Children are subject to the worst forms of child labor—in particular, hazardous child labor—when they work underground, carry…

September 17, 2013 News

Submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Equatorial Guinea

(Updated April 2014) Introduction Human Rights Watch notes with concern that the government of Equatorial Guinea has failed to follow through on the commitments it undertook during its first UPR review and other related pledges. This submission builds…

July 2, 2013 News

Human Rights Watch Comments on the Responsible Jewellery Council’s Code of Practices

Final Round of Comments - June 2013

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to comment further on the Code of Practices of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), as part of the final review period of the Code of Practices. We are also participating in the RJC’s multi-stakeholder…

October 10, 2012 News

UN Human Rights Council: HRW's Submission for Canada's Universal Periodic Review

I. Summary This submission, drawn from recent Human Rights Watch research, focuses on four areas of concern regarding Canada’s human rights record: violence against indigenous women and girls, counterterrorism, abuses related to the…

September 20, 2012 News

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of the Philippines' UPR

Oral Statement Under Item 6

Human Rights Watch welcomes the adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines, which reflects recommendations that could enhance human rights education, labor and migrant workers’ rights, and women’s rights, among others.…

June 12, 2012 News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Joint Statement on the Rio + 20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Realizing human rights and achieving sustainable development are inter-dependent and mutually-reinforcing goals. States must ensure that the Outcome Document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development recognizes the centrality of human rights to…

September 24, 2010 News

Statement to the Universal Periodic Review General Debate on Equatorial Guinea

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Human Rights Council's review of Equatorial Guinea in December 2009 and its March 2010 adoption of the UPR report. As one of several human rights defenders from Equatorial Guinea stated before this body in March, "We…

March 19, 2010 News

Statement on Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Equatorial Guinea

Mr. President, Human Rights Watch recognizes that the UPR process for Equatorial Guinea represents a truly significant opportunity. If used well, it has the potential to improve the dire human rights situation for the population there. Unfortunately,…

August 3, 1999 News

Current Human Rights Concerns on Nigeria

Testimony of Bronwen Manby before the U.S. House International Relations Committee, Africa Subcommittee

Thank you, Chairman, for your invitation to Human Rights Watch to address the subcommittee on the issue of human rights in Nigeria. My name is Bronwen Manby and I am a researcher working on Nigeria in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch. Human…

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