Human Rights Watch submits this report in advance of the 103rd pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of El Salvador. The submission focuses on violations of ...

In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight ...

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. This ...

The United Nations leadership has launched a major reform plan to make the cash-strapped world body more efficient and ...

(Seville) – The United Nations conference on financing for development should help pave the way for meaningful progress on improving international tax cooperation to benefit everyone’s human rights, ...

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 rights ...

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 ...

Forces belonging to the Houthis, who control much of Yemen, raided several United Nations offices and detained at least 19 UN staff on August 31, adding to dozens of UN and civil society staff already ...

We write in advance of the 78th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “Committee”) and its review of Colombia. This submission focuses on issues of poverty and ...

Japan’s new government should make the promotion of human rights central to its foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on November 6, 2025.

Philippe Bolopion, a 13-year veteran of Human Rights Watch and a former journalist who has extensively advocated on ...