6 days ago · Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice

Racial justice remained a pressing human rights concern in the United States in 2024. The US ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination nearly ...

World Report 2025, Human Rights Watch’s 35th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 550 plus people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists ...

1 day ago · On March 20, the Trump administration issued an executive order that dangerously expands the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to data.

1 day ago · Zimbabwe: Last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law on nongovernmental organizations that sharply cuts back on the rights to freedom of association and expression.Civil society groups ...

2 days ago · On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced import tariffs – many above 40 percent, on goods from virtually every country – upending the global economy. Although now paused above a ...

3 days ago · Protecting Rights, Saving Lives. Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice

Apr 10, 2025 · 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.

Jan 17, 2025 · We’re Back, and yesterday we launched our World Report 2025.; Podcast: The new episode of Rights & Wrongs takes us inside the World Report and looks back at a year of reckoning around the world.