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Ahead of an informal United Nations meeting on accountability for serious crimes in Ukraine, HRW staffers discuss justice efforts for Ukraine. 

The International Criminal Court’s trial of Ali Kosheib, or Kushayb, will open on April 5, 2022, and offers the first opportunity to see a leader face prosecution for massive crimes committed in Darfur nearly 20 years ago. “Kosheib’s trial is a long-awaited chance for victims and communities terrorized by the notorious Janjaweed militia and government forces in Darfur to see a leader held to account." ~ Elise Keppler, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of Ukraine. The cases we have documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians. European Media Director Andrew Stroehlein is joined by Yulia Gorbunova, senior researcher and lead author of our latest report looking into apparent war crimes in Ukraine, and Ida Sawyer, HRW's Director of Crisis and Conflict.

How are various international institutions responding to Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine? What are these institutions doing to address the atrocities we're seeing on the ground? What more needs to be done? HRW's Executive Director, Kenneth Roth in conversation with European Media Director, Andrew Stroehlein. 

Uzbekistan and its civil society reached a historic turning point in efforts to combat forced labor in the country’s annual cotton harvest yesterday. "An historic win for human rights activism."