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We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a list of issues in advance of the full review of ...
We are writing to request that the government of Morocco immediately release human rights defender Nasser Zefzafi on ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming report to the United Nations General Assembly in its eightieth session.
Human Rights Watch thanks the Special Rapporteur for his oral update and vital work to shine a spotlight on ongoing human rights violations in Burundi – one of the world’s most neglected human ...
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists, supported by other legal organisations*, firmly condemn recent ...
*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations.
It is crucial for Security Council members to discuss the need for UN member states to provide more personnel, funding, and equipment to the MSS, Human Rights Watch said.
Human Rights Watch reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China, given that no guarantees or improvements have been secured over its past ...
Human Rights Watch writes to express our strong support for the application “ A.25 sunscreen ” submitted by the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of rights by persons with albinism and ...
Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Care and Support for Children with Disabilities within the Family Environment ...
A 38-year-old plumber from Port-au-Prince who is the father of a six-month-old baby, told Human Rights Watch: “The bandits sent messages to warn us.… We knew they were coming, and they came.
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Public Consultation of Panama’s Ministry of the Environment Law 125 of February 4, 2020. Law 6 of 22 January 2002. Executive Decree 57 of 16 March 2000.