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

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 ...

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 ...

6 days ago · (Washington, DC) – The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. On his first day in office, President Donald ...

2 days ago · The Egyptian government should accept, and take urgent action to carry out recommendations made during a United Nations review of its human rights record on January 28, 2025.

5 days ago · Ensuring the safety and rights of civilian detainees and prisoners of war (POWs) should be a priority in any future negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, 31 human rights groups ...

3 days ago · Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law.

The litany of human rights crises that unfolded in 2022 – from Ukraine to China to Afghanistan – has left behind a sea of human suffering, but it has also opened new opportunities for human ...

Racism, anti-immigrant sentiments, and threats to democracy remained pressing human rights problems in the United States in 2023. The national poverty rate rose dramatically following the choice ...