Human Rights Watch research shows that while white people use drugs at the same rates as Black people, the latter are two-and-a-half times as likely to be arrested for drug possession.

The human rights complaint filed by Windsor’s first Black police inspector against the Windsor Police Service and its chief, Jason Bellaire, remains unresolved.

Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates, Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to address the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The international human rights group Human Rights Watch, for which I work, has reported on the consequences of pushing local police into immigration work—including high-speed car chases that ...

Led by the Pan African Lawyers Union and the African Climate Platform, an alliance of frontline communities and human rights defenders, the May 2 petition asks the court to interpret states ...

Human Rights Watch is on the front lines, documenting abuses and speaking out for justice. But this vital work isn’t possible without compassionate people like you stepping up in moments like these.

The Trump administration’s new US State Department structure may further hamstring rights and justice-related work, with programming already decimated by foreign aid cuts, Human Rights Watch ...