Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
US Commits to Protecting Education during Conflict
Click to expand Image A school guard walks in the corridor of a school which was heavily damaged after a Russian airstrike in Mohrytsia, Ukraine, August 14, 2024. © 2024 Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo Today the United States endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, a political commitment to protect education during war. By signing, the US joins 120...
North Korea: No Easing of Systemic Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image The town of Chunggang, North Korea, as seen from the Chinese border town of Linjiang, February 29, 2024. © 2024 PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – North Korea’s government under Kim Jong Un in 2024 retained repressive Covid-19-era policies that restrict movement and trade and blocked humanitarian...
Retreat and Resistance in Dark Times
Play Video (New York) – The events of 2024 have shown that even in the darkest times there are those who dare to resist oppression and demonstrate the courage to seek progress, said Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human Rights Watch, today in releasing the organization’s World Report 2025. In the face of rising authoritarianism,...
Russia: New Attacks on Rights
Click to expand Image Mourners pass by a portrait of Alexei Navalny during the funeral ceremony for the Russian opposition leader at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, March 1, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo (Brussels, January 16, 2025) – The Kremlin intensified its crackdown on any form of dissent inside Russia in the third year of its abusive...
Poland Sends Wrong Signal on Global Justice
Click to expand Image People protest the Polish government’s decision on allowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, January 10, 2025. © 2025 Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA via AP Photo On January 9, 2025, the Polish government adopted a resolution that enables senior Israeli officials to...
North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine Spotlight Rights Crisis
Click to expand Image A cell where an alleged North Korean soldier was held after being captured by Ukrainian army on January 11, 2025. © 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Social Media / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images A video released last week shows Ukrainian authorities interrogating two North Korean soldiers captured in the...
New Ukrainian Draft Laws on International Crimes Spark Concern
Click to expand Image Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to parliamentarians at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, November 19, 2024. © 2024 Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP Photo Ukraine became a full-fledged member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on January 1 – a key development for accountability and human...
Russia: Foreign Tech Companies Cave to Authorities’ Pressure
Click to expand Image Caption: The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) in Moscow, Russia. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Vilnius, December 17, 2024) – Foreign tech companies have given in to intensifying pressure from Russian authorities to comply with draconian national...
UN Funding Uncertainty Threatens Rights Investigations
Click to expand Image The United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, July 16, 2024. © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo United Nations member countries should take urgent steps to end the UN’s financial troubles, which are hindering human rights investigations in Ukraine, Sudan, Haiti, Israel/Palestine, and elsewhere. This...
UN Security Council Recommits to Protecting People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image Emina Ćerimović speaks at the United Nations Security Council “Arria formula” meeting on December 6, 2024. © 2024 Private On December 6, I briefed the United Nations Security Council at its first informal meeting in five years on the protection of people with disabilities in armed conflict. During the meeting, I shared...
