Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Forced Russified Education Under Occupation
Click to expand Image Russian textbooks delivered by the occupying authorities to a school in Borova, in Ukraine’s Kharkivska region. Photo taken November 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch Russian authorities are imposing the Russian curriculum and Kremlin propaganda in Ukrainian schools in occupied areas, and have retaliated against school...
International Criminal Court Members Speak Out
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Ninety-three member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have declared their “unwavering support” for the court in the face of recent threats. The June 14 statement by an unprecedented...
Israel Joins UN ‘List of Shame’ for Abuses Against Children in War
Click to expand Image People salvage belongings amid the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2023. © 2023 Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images For the first time, the United Nations secretary-general added the Israeli armed forces to the “list of shame” of warring parties committing grave...
Ukraine: Recovery Conference Could Be Lifeline for Children
Click to expand Image School No. 62, Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. The school was subjected to repeated Russian attacks in February, March, and April 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin should prioritize donor support to rebuild and make accessible thousands of damaged schools and ensure children and...
Federico Borello to Join Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Federico Borello (New York) – Federico Borello, an Italian lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in human rights, civilian protection, and transitional justice, has been selected as Human Rights Watch’s new deputy executive director and chief programs officer, Human Rights Watch said today. Borello will assume...
Ukraine: Russia’s Odesa Cluster Munition Attack Harms Civilians
Click to expand Image Odesa Legal Academy in flames after a Russian cluster munition attack, April 29, 2024. © 2024 Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces (Kyiv, May 29, 2024) – A recent Russian cluster munition strike on Odesa, Ukraine, that killed seven civilians and injured dozens more highlights the urgent need for all countries to join the...
Biden Should Oppose US Sanctions on ICC
Click to expand Image International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024. © 2024 Peter Dejong/AP Photo (Washington, DC) – US President Joe Biden should oppose threats and calls for punitive actions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), 121 human rights and civil society groups said today in a letter to President...
On EU’s ‘Day Against Impunity,’ Stand for Equal Justice
Click to expand Image European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. © 2020 Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell showed what a principled commitment to justice looks like, on May 7, when he pushed back against threats aimed at undermining the International Criminal Court’s...
UN: Revise ‘Pact for the Future’ to Focus on Rights
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – United Nations member countries should use negotiations on the “Pact for the Future” to commit to strengthening human rights, including promoting economic justice and protecting...
France: Macron Should Stand Firm on Rights in China
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron and China’s President Xi Jinping during the official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on April 6, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Paris) – French President Emmanuel Macron should lay out consequences for the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity and deepening repression...
