Tackling Impunity in Congo: Meaningful Follow-up to the UN Mapping Report
Introduction
I. Establishing a mixed chamber for the Congo: why, what and how?
II. The role of the African Union
III. Other measures to address grave crimes committed in the DRC
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US: Ghailani Trial Paves Way For Important 9/11 Prosecution
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Tunisia: Government Ratifies Cluster Munition Ban
(New York) – Tunisia ratified the international treaty banning cluster munitions on September 28, 2010, becoming the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to do so. The move should encourage others from the region to ratify or accede to t…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Rescind Travel Ban on Rights Defenders
(New York) – Bahrain should immediately rescind a travel ban against prominent human rights defenders whom authorities recently prevented from leaving the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Caught in the Middle
"What scares me is the thought that the school could be attacked because the soldiers are at the school," a nine-year-old student in southern Thailand told Human Rights Watch in March of this year. She explained: "students and teachers w…Continue Reading
Statement to the Human Rights Council on Burundi
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Statement to the Human Rights Council on Somalia
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Statement to the Human Rights Council on Cambodia
Over the years, Human Rights Watch has documented a tightening of space for civil society, freedom of speech, and peaceful political opposition; that trend has accelerated in recent months. The decision four days ago, on September 24, to sentence in ab…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Memorandum on Uzbekistan’s Record in Meeting the EU Human Rights Criteria
This memorandum provides Human Rights Watch’s assessment of the Uzbek government’s compliance with the human rights criteria formulated by EU foreign ministers in various General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) conclusions, most recently…Continue Reading
US: Senate Should Act to Tackle Violence Against Women
(New York) – The US Senate should quickly approve a bipartisan bill that sets out a new strategy for US engagement in the struggle to end violence against women worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is schedul…Continue Reading
Protests and police intimidation at the Khaled Said killing trial
By Sally Sami, Regional Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme
The second session of the trial of two policemen accused of beating Khaled Said to death started in Alexandria on Saturday, marred b…Continue Reading
Kuwait: Government Pledges to End Sponsorship System
(New York) – The Kuwaiti government’s announcement that it will abolish its employer-based sponsorship system for recruiting migrant workers by February 2011 is a significant step to address a major source of labor abuse, Human Rights Watch said today….Continue Reading
Cuba: Letter to Chairman Berman on Lifting the US Travel Ban
Washington, DC.,
Chairman Howard L. Berman
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman,
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Uganda: Terrorism Charges Used Against Kenyan Rights Defender
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Letter to Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs on Arrest and Detention of Kenyan Human Rights Defenders in Uganda
Hon. Moses Wetangula
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nairobi
Kenya
Dear Hon. Minister:
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