Move to Seek Arrest of Sudanese President a Victory for Darfurs Victims
 
 The International Criminal Court's (ICC) issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan signals that even those at the top may be held to account for mass murder, rape and torture, Human Rights Watch said today. ICC judges

Former child soldiers and other youth from around the world have gathered more than 250,000 red hands as part of a campaign to demand stronger action by international leaders to end the use of child soldiers.

The 2006 presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first in over 40 years, raised hopes for stability and improved governance in vast, war-torn nation. Yet in the two years following elections, there have been disturbing signs the Congo's democratic transition is not only fragile, but that the newly

Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale describes the recent chaos he has witnessed and photographed in eastern Congo.

2007 video documenting Human Rights Watch's push to ban cluster munitions.

Photojournalist Tim Hetherington travelled with Human Rights Watch to Chad to investigate the spillover of violence from the neighboring conflict in Darfur, Sudan. This video documents their findings in the village of Jawara, where 118 people were killed by Sudanese Janjaweed militia and local Chadian recruits over the

Human rights researcher Phelim Kine says Tibet violence shows China's human rights record is weak ahead of the Olympics. But Beijing authorities insist they have used restraint in quelling dissent.

Of nine governments worldwide implicated in the recruitment or use of children as soldiers, eight receive US military assistance. An estimated 250,000 children are exploited each day in state-run armies, paramilitaries and guerilla groups around the world. Called "child soldiers," they serve as combatants, porters, human

The European Union should seize every opportunity to press Russia to end human rights abuses in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice.

The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and "disappearances" that are a national crisis, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch urged the government to reveal the whereabouts of the "disappeared," immediately end the practice, and hold the perpetrators