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Asia

(New York) – The Thai government should immediately investigate and prosecute security personnel found responsible for the killing of an ethnic Malay Muslim child in southern Thailand.

October 28, 2014 News Release

Thailand: Prosecute Troops for Child’s Killing
Asia

(New York) – The Thai government has yet to bring to justice police and military personnel responsible for the deaths of scores of protesters in Tak Bai in southern Thailand in 2004.

October 25, 2014 News Release

Thailand: No Justice 10 Years After Tak Bai Killings
Asia

Fiji’s September 17 elections, the first in nearly eight years, were widely held to have restored democratic rule. An estimated 600,000 voters went to the polls, many casting their ballots for the very first time.

September 25, 2014 Commentary

Ending a Culture of Impunity in Fiji

Shaivalini Parmar

Published In: SBS

News

May 22, 2017 Letter

Letter to NATO Members on civilian protection in Afghanistan
December 15, 2014 Letter

Bolivia: Letter to President Evo Morales on Human Rights Legislation
August 29, 2014 News Release

Pakistan: Impunity Marks Global Day for Disappeared
May 19, 2014 News Release

Thailand: Lack of Justice for 2010 Violence Fuels Abuses
December 2, 2013 News Release

Cambodia: Investigate Politician In Hit-and-Run Death
November 17, 2013 News Release

ICC: Africa Should Reject ‘Free Pass’ for Leaders
November 12, 2013 Impact

Call for African ICC States Parties to Affirm Support for the ICC at the Assembly of States Parties Session
November 4, 2013 News Release

Turkey: Chance for Justice, 20 Years On
August 30, 2013 News Release

Thailand: Still No Justice for ‘Disappearance’ Victims
July 31, 2013 News Release

Sri Lanka: No Justice in Aid Worker Massacre
July 15, 2013 Commentary

Extrajudicial Killings Corrode Democracy in India

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director

Published In: New York Times
March 22, 2013 News Release

Nepal: Truth & Reconciliation Law Betrays Victims
February 26, 2013 News Release

Sri Lanka: Rape of Tamil Detainees
February 1, 2013 News Release

India: Backsliding on Human Rights
February 1, 2013 News Release

Nepal: A Year of Backsliding on Rights Commitments
December 27, 2012 News Release

Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights
November 13, 2012 News Release

Cambodia: Hun Sen Promoting, Rewarding Killers
October 5, 2012 News Release

Nepal: Promotion of War Crimes Suspect Affront to Justice
September 18, 2012 News Release

Nepal: Suspend Promotion of New Police Chief
August 31, 2012 News Release

Nepal: Rights Groups Condemn Amnesty Ordinance
July 22, 2012 News Release

Nepal: Prosecute, Don’t Promote, Notorious Army Officer
April 23, 2012 News Release

Nepal: Reject Amnesty for Serious Crimes
March 23, 2012 Commentary

Victims of political violence wait for justice

Brad Adams

Published In: Bangkok Post
March 21, 2012 Statements

Statement Regarding the UN Independent Expert's Report on Côte d’Ivoire
March 21, 2012 Statements

Statement at the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Côte d'Ivoire
March 2, 2012 Statements

Nepal: Joint Oral Statement, United Nations Human Rights Council, 19th Regular Session, 27 February – 23 March 2012, Agenda Item 2

The International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch
February 24, 2012 News Release

India: A Decade on, Gujarat Justice Incomplete
January 31, 2012 News Release

Haiti: Duvalier Ruling Disappoints Justice
January 20, 2012 Commentary

Manipur & its search for elusive justice

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director

Published In: The Asian Age
September 26, 2011 Commentary

Human rights and the Afghan security transition

Sahr Muhammedally

Published In: Foreign Policy
September 16, 2011 Commentary

Nepal's elusive justice

Brad Adams
Asia Director

Published In: The Kathmandu Post
September 13, 2011 News Release

Philippines: Homicide Trial of 8 Soldiers Nears End
September 12, 2011 News Release

Afghanistan: Rein in Abusive Militias and Afghan Local Police
September 2, 2011 News Release

Nepal: Cancel Pact for Wartime Amnesty
September 1, 2011 Letter

Nepal: Joint Letter to Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
May 24, 2011 Letter

Joint Open Letter to Prime Minister Khanal of Nepal on Persistent Impunity
April 6, 2011 News Release

Nepal: As Army Chief Visits, US Should Insist on Accountability
February 17, 2011 Commentary

Human rights fantasy in Geneva

Tej Thapa

Published In: The Kathmandu Post
February 16, 2011 News Release

Nepal: Seventh Anniversary of the Killing of Maina Sunuwar
December 14, 2010 News Release

Nepal: Justice Denied for Crimes During Decade of Conflict
October 27, 2010 News Release

Philippines: Ensure Justice in Landmark Case
October 1, 2010 News Release

UK: Insist on Accountability as Nepal Army Chief Visits
September 10, 2010 News Release

Peru: Amend Decrees for Prosecuting Military and Police Abuses
July 29, 2010 News Release

Honduras: Ongoing Attacks Foster Climate of Intimidation
July 20, 2010 News Release

Cambodia: Sex Workers Face Unlawful Arrests and Detention
July 15, 2010 News Release

Nepal: Political Parties Should Press for Major’s Arrest in Girl’s Killing
July 15, 2010 Letter

Joint Letter to Nepal's Political Parties for Support in Civilian Criminal Proceedings against Major Basnet
July 1, 2010 News Release

Nepal: Investigate Maoists’ Role in Killing
March 17, 2010 News Release

Bangladesh: Hundreds Held One Year After Massacre
November 15, 2009 Statements

Universal Periodic Review: Turkey
November 2, 2009 News Release

India: Prosecute Those Responsible for 1984 Massacre of Sikhs
October 16, 2009 News Release

Nepal: Years of Terror, Then Broken Promises
September 10, 2009 Statements

Memorandum for Senator Patrick Leahy
August 6, 2009 Letter

Letter to President Yudhoyono on Human Rights Concerns in Indonesia
August 4, 2009 Commentary

Abusive and Abused

Naureen Shah

Published In: International Herald Tribune
May 18, 2009 News Release

Bangladesh: Executions, Torture by Security Forces Go Unpunished
April 3, 2009 Commentary

Justice or impunity: What will Kenya choose?

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

Published In: The East African
March 30, 2009 News Release

Cambodia: 1997 Grenade Attack on Opposition Still Unpunished
March 9, 2009 News Release

Nepal: Victims Await Justice From New Government
March 9, 2009 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal of Nepal
February 2, 2009 News Release

DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
January 5, 2009 News Release

Cambodia: 30 Years After Fall of the Khmer Rouge, Justice Still Elusive
December 27, 2008 Commentary

Ending Impunity For Rape

Marianne Mollmann

Published In: Washington Post
December 4, 2008 Statements

Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Situation in Chad and the Central African Republic
December 2, 2008 Commentary

Bangladesh: Where do the parties stand on human rights?

Brad Adams

Published In: The Daily Star
August 1, 2008 Commentary

Standing Firm against Impunity

Sara Darehshori

Published In: El Mundo (Spain)
July 21, 2008 News Release

Bosnia: Karadzic Arrest a Blow Against Impunity
July 16, 2008 Commentary

Whose interests does justice serve?

Géraldine Mattioli

Published In: European Voice
July 15, 2008 Commentary

Doing the right thing for Darfur

Sara Darehshori
Senior Counsel, US Program

Published In: The Los Angeles Times
July 11, 2008 News Release

ICC: Good Progress Amid Missteps in First Five Years
June 16, 2008 News Release

EU: Time to Impose Sanctions on Sudan’s Leaders
April 29, 2008 News Release

DR Congo: Suspected War Criminal Wanted
February 19, 2008 News Release

Uganda: New Accord Provides for War Crimes Trials
February 27, 2007 News Release

ICC Prosecutor Identifies First Darfur Suspects
February 25, 2007 Q & A

Q & A: ICC Prosecutor Identifies Suspects in First Darfur Case
December 7, 2005 News Release

Jordan: Parliament Should Reject U.S. Impunity Deal
January 6, 2005 News Release

Sudan: Atrocities, Impunity Threaten Lasting Peace
June 23, 2004 News Release

ICC’s First-Ever Probe Must Be Effective
August 11, 2003 News Release

West Africa: Taylor Must Face Justice
September 5, 2002 News Release

Colombia's ICC Declaration a "Prelude to Impunity"
July 27, 2001 News Release

Extradite Astiz, Argentine Government Urged
April 30, 2001 News Release

Yugoslavia: Link U.S. Aid to Cooperation with Tribunal
April 12, 2001 Commentary

Justice: The First Casualty of Truth?

Reed Brody

Published In: The Nation
May 17, 2000 News Release

Fair Trial Urged for Rebel Leader Sankoh
May 9, 2000 News Release

U.N. Must Not Forget Sierra Leone Civilians
May 4, 2000 News Release

Civilians the Real Target in Sierra Leone

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