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In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN
In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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🇩🇴The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down laws that criminalized same-sex conduct among police and military officers — a historic victory in the fight for equality. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Dominican Republic: Court Ends Security Forces Gay Sex Ban
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Codes of Justice of the National Police and the Armed Forces that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers, ...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🇩🇴The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down laws that criminalized same-sex conduct among police and military officers — a historic victory in the fight for equality. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Twenty-Fourth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will meet from December 1-6, 2025, in The Hague, for the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
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🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
hrw.org/node/392462
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
hrw.org/node/392462
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With conflict globally reaching a level not seen since the post-WWII era, better responses to the impact of conflict on women’s rights are urgently important. Conflicts and crises harm women and girls in ways far beyond sexual violence. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
What Escalating Conflict Means for Women and Girls
Conflicts and crises cause harm based on gender. Because women and girls across the globe experience legal, economic, and cultural discrimination, they also experience the impacts of conflict in disti...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
With conflict globally reaching a level not seen since the post-WWII era, better responses to the impact of conflict on women’s rights are urgently important. Conflicts and crises harm women and girls in ways far beyond sexual violence. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Almost a year ago, the fall of #Assad marked a historic shift after decades of atrocities, giving Syrians renewed hope for truth, justice and redress.
HRW's new report advises on steps to advance comprehensive justice meet moment & reaffirm intl law.
🖇️: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
HRW's new report advises on steps to advance comprehensive justice meet moment & reaffirm intl law.
🖇️: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Almost a year ago, the fall of #Assad marked a historic shift after decades of atrocities, giving Syrians renewed hope for truth, justice and redress.
HRW's new report advises on steps to advance comprehensive justice meet moment & reaffirm intl law.
🖇️: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
HRW's new report advises on steps to advance comprehensive justice meet moment & reaffirm intl law.
🖇️: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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A Tunisian Court will on Monday hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in the politically motivated “Conspiracy Case.” Four of those detained are on hunger strike, including one who was subjected to physical violence www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Tunisia: Overturn Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Trial Convictions
A Tunisian Court on November 17, 2025, is scheduled to hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in a politically motivated “Conspiracy Case” from April.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A Tunisian Court will on Monday hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in the politically motivated “Conspiracy Case.” Four of those detained are on hunger strike, including one who was subjected to physical violence www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Türkiye: ‘Restriction Codes’ Harm Uyghurs Seeking Safety
Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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📢“The Trump administration is complicit in torture, enforced disappearance, and other grave violations, and should stop sending people to El Salvador or any other country where they face a risk of torture.”
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📢“The Trump administration is complicit in torture, enforced disappearance, and other grave violations, and should stop sending people to El Salvador or any other country where they face a risk of torture.”
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
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In Hungary, Pastor Gábor Iványi, whose church supports people in poverty, faces absurd charges. The pastor and his church are human rights defenders providing shelter, food, education to people left behind by the state. The move is part of a wider crackdown on dissent.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Hungary: Pastor Supporting People in Poverty Faces Charges
Instead of supporting those who fill the gaps left by Hungary’s crumbling public services and social security system, the government is prosecuting them. On November 3, prosecutors charged Pastor Gábo...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In Hungary, Pastor Gábor Iványi, whose church supports people in poverty, faces absurd charges. The pastor and his church are human rights defenders providing shelter, food, education to people left behind by the state. The move is part of a wider crackdown on dissent.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
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NEW: US state laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person’s abortion decision are causing harm.
In a new report, HRW and If/When/How document how state-mandated parental notification laws in six US states threaten young people’s health and safety.
Learn more ⤵️
In a new report, HRW and If/When/How document how state-mandated parental notification laws in six US states threaten young people’s health and safety.
Learn more ⤵️
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NEW: US state laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person’s abortion decision are causing harm.
In a new report, HRW and If/When/How document how state-mandated parental notification laws in six US states threaten young people’s health and safety.
Learn more ⤵️
In a new report, HRW and If/When/How document how state-mandated parental notification laws in six US states threaten young people’s health and safety.
Learn more ⤵️
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Suspending these payments would deny tens of millions of people their basic human right to food.
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Tens of Millions at Risk of Hunger if US Food Assistance Lapses
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) startin...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Suspending these payments would deny tens of millions of people their basic human right to food.
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Cutting aid has a human cost.
The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.
The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Cutting aid has a human cost.
The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.
The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.
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#Cameroon
Post-election period marred with violence, with at least 4 killed allegedly by security forces, dozens injured, hundreds arrested.
Authorities should immediately instruct security forces to not resort to violence against protesters, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Post-election period marred with violence, with at least 4 killed allegedly by security forces, dozens injured, hundreds arrested.
Authorities should immediately instruct security forces to not resort to violence against protesters, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#Cameroon
Post-election period marred with violence, with at least 4 killed allegedly by security forces, dozens injured, hundreds arrested.
Authorities should immediately instruct security forces to not resort to violence against protesters, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Post-election period marred with violence, with at least 4 killed allegedly by security forces, dozens injured, hundreds arrested.
Authorities should immediately instruct security forces to not resort to violence against protesters, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Vietnam’s long record of cracking down on online dissent sadly makes it a fitting host for the signing ceremony of the deeply flawed UN Convention against Cybercrime this weekend. Read more in this @thediplomat.com oped by @hrw's @deblbrown.bsky.social & me thediplomat.com/2025/10/un-t...
UN Treaty Signing Highlights Vietnam’s Curb on Online Dissent
The Cybercrime Convention will further entrench control and surveillance over peaceful expression of dissent online beyond the borders of repressive states.
thediplomat.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Vietnam’s long record of cracking down on online dissent sadly makes it a fitting host for the signing ceremony of the deeply flawed UN Convention against Cybercrime this weekend. Read more in this @thediplomat.com oped by @hrw's @deblbrown.bsky.social & me thediplomat.com/2025/10/un-t...
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This weekend, governments will head to Hanoi to sign the deeply flawed UN Convention on Cybercrime. @hrw.org and partners issue new recommendations on how governments can prevent and mitigate the human rights risks posed the treaty
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Joint Statement on the Signing of the UN Convention on Cybercrime
We, the undersigned organizations, remain deeply concerned that the UN Convention Against Cybercrime (UNCC) will facilitate human rights abuses across borders.
www.hrw.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This weekend, governments will head to Hanoi to sign the deeply flawed UN Convention on Cybercrime. @hrw.org and partners issue new recommendations on how governments can prevent and mitigate the human rights risks posed the treaty
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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New report: DHS used excessive force on protesters, medics, observers & media at protests outside ICE facility in #Illinois.
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New report: DHS used excessive force on protesters, medics, observers & media at protests outside ICE facility in #Illinois.
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Russia’s military is killing and injuring hundreds of civilians each month using quadcopter drones in a brutal, devastating campaign in the Kherson region - Now they're attacking a UN aid convoy.
Russia, using drones, attacked a UN Convoy in Ukraine. The very next day, they posted video evidence of the attack for the world to see, and not for the first time. Latest for @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Russian Forces Deliberately Attack UN Aid Convoy
On October 14, news broke that Russian forces, using drones, had attacked a United Nations interagency convoy delivering humanitarian aid to Bilozerka in the region of Kherson, southern Ukraine.
www.hrw.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Russia’s military is killing and injuring hundreds of civilians each month using quadcopter drones in a brutal, devastating campaign in the Kherson region - Now they're attacking a UN aid convoy.
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The latest UN HRC session proved wins are possible: it created an independent body to investigate abuses in Afghanistan, renewed vital UN monitoring on Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan & Cambodia, & adopted an important resolution to address systemic racism.
Read more: https://bit.ly/494Rqdn
Read more: https://bit.ly/494Rqdn
UN Rights Council Strengthens Crucial Protections
The latest session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which concluded last week, offers a glimmer of hope in what are dark times for human rights around the world.
www.hrw.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The latest UN HRC session proved wins are possible: it created an independent body to investigate abuses in Afghanistan, renewed vital UN monitoring on Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan & Cambodia, & adopted an important resolution to address systemic racism.
Read more: https://bit.ly/494Rqdn
Read more: https://bit.ly/494Rqdn
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Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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New calls on Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses & international crimes by the Israeli military & other government bodies
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses
Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New calls on Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses & international crimes by the Israeli military & other government bodies
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
We’re hiring a deputy director for Arms in the Crisis, Conflict & Arms Division at @hrw.org to help us advance humanitarian disarmament & protect civilians from weapons like landmines, cluster munitions & killer robots. To learn more, visit: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
We’re hiring a deputy director for Arms in the Crisis, Conflict & Arms Division at @hrw.org to help us advance humanitarian disarmament & protect civilians from weapons like landmines, cluster munitions & killer robots. To learn more, visit: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
We’re hiring a deputy director for Arms in the Crisis, Conflict & Arms Division at @hrw.org to help us advance humanitarian disarmament & protect civilians from weapons like landmines, cluster munitions & killer robots. To learn more, visit: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
We’re hiring a deputy director for Arms in the Crisis, Conflict & Arms Division at @hrw.org to help us advance humanitarian disarmament & protect civilians from weapons like landmines, cluster munitions & killer robots. To learn more, visit: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
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يوفر وقف إطلاق النار أملا للمدنيين الفلسطينيين في غزة بعد عامين من القتل والتجويع والتهجير، وكذلك للرهائن الإسرائيليين والمعتقلين الفلسطينيين وعائلاتهم، ولكن ستستمر الانتهاكات ما لم تتخذ الحكومات إجراءات لدعم الإغاثة والمحاسبة.
بيان "هيومن رايتس ووتش" كاملا: https://bit.ly/3L3XI2X
غزة: وقف إطلاق النار لا يُغني عن إجراءات الإغاثة والعدالة
اتفقت الحكومة الإسرائيلية و"حماس" في 9 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2025 على المرحلة الأولى من "الخطة الشاملة لإنهاء النزاع في غزة" التي وضعتها الحكومة الأمريكية، والتي تشمل وقف إطلاق النار، وإطلاق سراح الرهائن...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
يوفر وقف إطلاق النار أملا للمدنيين الفلسطينيين في غزة بعد عامين من القتل والتجويع والتهجير، وكذلك للرهائن الإسرائيليين والمعتقلين الفلسطينيين وعائلاتهم، ولكن ستستمر الانتهاكات ما لم تتخذ الحكومات إجراءات لدعم الإغاثة والمحاسبة.
بيان "هيومن رايتس ووتش" كاملا: https://bit.ly/3L3XI2X