Disasters and Displaced Populations

Asia

September 8, 2017 News Release

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities
Asia

August 29, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Data Indicate Burnings in Rakhine State
Middle East/North Africa

June 3, 2017 News Release

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New Detentions of Fleeing Men, Boys

Reports More Reports

November 3, 2016

“The Farmer Becomes the Criminal”

Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State
May 19, 2016

Leave No One Behind

Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergencies
October 15, 2015

“There is No Time Left”

Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya

News

May 24, 2017 News Release

Burma: Army Investigation Denies Atrocities
January 12, 2017 News Release

Nepal: Political Bickering Stalls Justice for Conflict Victims
October 20, 2016 Dispatches

Helping Haiti – Have Lessons Been Learned?

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
September 16, 2016 Dispatches

Syria Truce Brings Calm, But No Aid

Hadeel al-Shalchi
Syria Researcher
May 24, 2016 Commentary

Helping Older People When Disaster Strikes
May 20, 2016 Commentary

LGBT People in Emergencies – Risks and Service Gaps

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
May 19, 2016 Report

Leave No One Behind
May 17, 2016 Commentary

In Crises: Left Behind, Left Out

Bethany Brown
Researcher, Health and Human Rights Division
February 14, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission on Gender Equality to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
November 2, 2015 News Release

China: New Ban on ‘Spreading Rumors’ About Disasters
October 1, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Britain Backtracks on Justice for Yemen

David Mepham
UK Director
August 17, 2015 Statement

Statement to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 11

Daily Brief

September 22, 2017

US-made bomb kills Yemeni children; Missed opportunity for comprehensive justice in Iraq; Migrants drown off Libya; Uzbek and Afghan leaders talk rights at the UN; Factory tragedies in Bangladesh; Reporters talk about covering Rohingya crisis; Victims representation at the ICC; LGBT rights in Indonesia.