Lebanon: Positive Step for Refugee Children
A new regulation allowing some Syrian teenagers to get temporary legal status in Lebanon more easily is a positive and long-awaited step, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 17, 2018. Lebanese authorities should ensure that all children can maintain legal...
France: Bill Could Undermine Asylum Seekers’ Rights
A bill before the French Parliament on immigration and asylum could jeopardize access to protection and should be revised, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 16, 2018. The National Assembly will examine the bill in the week of April 16, 2018, and the...
Protect indigenous people’s land rights and the whole world will benefit, UN forum declares
Tadodaho Sid Hill, Chief of the Onondaga Nation, delivers the ceremonial welcome at the opening...
South Korea: Press Human Rights in Discussions with North Korea
South Korea should press for human rights issues to be included in all discussions with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including in the agenda of the summit between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong...
UN report documents horrors faced by thousands held in arbitrary detention in Libya
In Libya, dozens of migrants sleep alongside one another in a cramped cell in Tripoli's Tariq...
Ricardo Montaner and Human Rights Watch Campaign for Venezuela
Latin Americans and their governments should speak out and urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to recognize and tackle the devastating human rights and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Latin music star Ricardo Montaner and Human Rights Watch...
Egypt: Al-Sisi Should End Rights Abuses
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should prioritize reforms to end serious human rights violations during his second term, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 10, 2018.
Overlap of state and ruling party resources undermines contestants’ ability to compete on equal basis in Hungary elections, OSCE/ODIHR observers say
A voter in Budapest receiving his ballot for Hungary's parliamentary elections, 8 April 2018.
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights without distinction to their origin, ethnicity or religion.
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the European Union reaffirms its...
Mali: Deaths, Torture in Army Detention
The government of Mali should urgently conduct credible investigations into abuses against suspects its army detained during a major military operation against armed Islamist groups, Human Rights Watch said. The army high command should suspend...
