Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South
Click to expand Image Russian servicemen on the roadside in Kherson region, Ukraine. © 2022 Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South Apparent War Crimes by Russian Forces in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Regions (Kyiv, July 22, 2022) – Russian forces have tortured, unlawfully detained, and forcibly disappeared...
Russian, Ukrainian Bases Endangering Civilians
Click to expand Image An abandoned Russian armored vehicle parked next to a home in Yahidne village, April 17, 2022. © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch (Kyiv, July 21, 2022) – Russian and Ukrainian forces have put civilians in Ukraine at unnecessary risk by basing their forces in populated areas without removing residents to safer areas,...
A Day to Reflect on International Criminal Justice
Click to expand Image Demonstrators welcoming Karim Khan, International Criminal Court prosecutor, outside the UN Development Programme headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, October 29, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos July 17 marks International Criminal Justice Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the International Criminal Court’s...
France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses
Click to expand Image French President, Emmanuel Macron and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan meet in Fontainebleau, France on September 15, 2021. © 2021 Chesnot/Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome the President of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al...
Support Justice for Serious Crimes Globally
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File (New York) – Countries should take concrete steps to demonstrate that justice for serious crimes matters, regardless of where abuses are committed and by whom, Human Rights Watch said today. To mark...
Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians
Click to expand Image A pre-trial detention center near St. Petersburg, Russia. © 2021 Russian Look Ltd. / Alamy Stock Photo (Berlin, July 14, 2022) – Russian forces in Ukraine have forcibly disappeared civilians and illegally transferred them to Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch documented the detention of nine civilian...
Brazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights
Click to expand Image A woman, accompanied by a child, casts her ballot in the municipal election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. © AP Photo/Nelson Antoine (São Paulo) – Candidates running for president, Congress, state legislature, and governor in the October 2022 Brazil elections should put forward proposals to address the...
UN Chief Leaves Child Rights Violators Off ‘List of Shame’
Click to expand Image Pictures of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021 are displayed on the ruins of the Al-Saqa family home in Khan Yunis, Gaza, June 19, 2021. © 2021 Sipa via AP Images In his new annual report on children and armed conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reported that Israeli security...
Poland Finally Lifts State of Emergency at Belarus Border
Click to expand Image Polish border guards patrol along the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Nowdziel, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Poland ended its state of emergency on Friday, reopening a strip of land parallel to its border with Belarus to outsiders. This “exclusionary zone,” created 10...
France: Rights Agenda for Macron’s Second Term
Click to expand Image A photo of a TV screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during televised address on June 22, 2022, in Paris. © Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) French President Emmanuel Macron should ensure as he begins his second term, that his administration is effective in placing human rights at the...
