Human Rights Watch Live Audio Events

May 10, 2023 Europe/Central Asia, European Union | Deforestation, Environment and Human Rights

How will a new EU law banning cocoa imports linked to deforestation and labor rights abuses impact production? In this Twitter Space, HRW discusses chocolate, deforestation and human rights.

Children stand among houses burnt during an eviction operation in the protected forest of Goin-Débé, Côte d'Ivoire, in January 2016.
May 9, 2023 Africa, Sudan | Arms, Attacks on Health, Crisis and Conflict, Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, Refugees and Migrants

Fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere has put Sudan’s population at risk. In this Twitter Space, experts discuss the struggles facing Sudanese people, and the urgent need for international response to address the cyclical violence in the country.

Man stands next to building destroyed during fighting in Khartoum, Sudan
April 17, 2023 Global | Environment and Human Rights

In this Twitter Space, HRW and partners discuss how we can: revive forests by empowering local communities, ensure women have equal participation in natural resource management, and ground conservation in Indigenous rights. With Luciana Téllez, Richard Pearshouse, Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, and Quinn Manson Buchwald, ahead of Earth Day 2023.
 

Indigenous people arrive in Quito after marching for 10 days to protest new mining and water law initiatives, as well as a constitutional reform project that would have allowed for indefinite re-election of the president.
March 22, 2023 Syria | Crisis and Conflict

42,000 foreigners, most of them children, remain stranded in life-threatening conditions in Syria. Letta Tayler, Raheema Khan, and Anthony Gale discuss the plight of detained ISIS suspects and relatives in this Twitter Space.

A boy stares through a fence
March 21, 2023 Russia, Ukraine | International Criminal Court, International Justice

The International Criminal Court judges issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In this Twitter Space, we discuss the warrants, war crimes in Ukraine, and why justice matters, everywhere.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech