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.

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.

Apparent War Crimes in Border Conflict

Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.

Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.

Protesters and bystanders killed in Peru during demonstrations between December 11, 2022 to March 21, 2023 

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

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