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February 4, 2019 News Release

UN: Act to End China’s Mass Detentions in Xinjiang

International Fact-Finding Mission Crucial to Address Rights Crisis

February 1, 2019 News Release

Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record

Widespread Violations Ignored During Geneva Review

Twenty-five political prisoners currently locked up for exercising basic rights. (c) 2018 Private

January 31, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Kuwait

64th Pre-Sessional Working Group

January 29, 2019 Dispatches

UN Rights Expert Independently Investigates Khashoggi Murder

Bold Move Contrasts with Secretary-General’s Inaction

Candles lit by activists protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are placed outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul. © 2018 Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo

January 28, 2019 Letter

Disability Rights International, Human Rights Watch, and Women Enabled International Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Review of Serbia

January 17, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved

War Crimes by Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthis Go Unaddressed

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen.

January 14, 2019 Dispatches

Human Rights Council Membership Has Its Consequences

UN Rights Body Should Shine Spotlight on Members’ Violations

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

December 24, 2018 Dispatches

UN Members Thwart China’s Bid to Gut Funds for Myanmar Probe

Evidence-Gathering into Grave International Crimes will Proceed

Smoke is seen rising from Burma’s Taung Pyo Let War village from across the border in Bangladesh.

December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Yemen

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

December 16, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.

December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Afghanistan

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

A US soldier searches a house in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province, November 1, 2004.

December 13, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Democratic Republic of Congo

October 2018

Police detain a protester during a peaceful march after Sunday Mass in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 25, 2018.

December 12, 2018 News Release

UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

Attacks on People Who Met with UN Expert

Egyptians shout slogans against the government while on a ferry during the funeral of Syed Tafshan, who died in clashes with residents of the Nile island of al-Warraq island, when security forces attempted to demolish illegal buildings, in the south of Ca

UN: Act to End China’s Mass Detentions in Xinjiang

Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Kuwait

UN Rights Expert Independently Investigates Khashoggi Murder

Disability Rights International, Human Rights Watch, and Women Enabled International Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved

Human Rights Council Membership Has Its Consequences

UN Members Thwart China’s Bid to Gut Funds for Myanmar Probe

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Yemen

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Democratic Republic of Congo

UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

The Human Rights Promise for Brazil

Protecting Rights, Saving Lives

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