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Human Rights Watch

The largest human rights organization based in the United States, Human Rights Watch started in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, monitoring the compliance of Soviet bloc countries with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Accords. In the 1980s Americas Watch was established to monitor abuses by both sides in the war in Central America, and thereafter other committees were set up to cover other regions of the world such as Asia and Africa. In 1988 all the "Watch" committees were united to form Human Rights Watch. The organization's researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world, and their findings are then published in dozens of books and reports every year.

This database contains annual reports (1996 - 2016) and selected country reports (1992 - 2016).  Website: www.hrw.org
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Afghanistan: Reject Proposal to Restore Stoning

25 November 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"This Old Man Can Feed Us, You Will Marry Him" - Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan

7 March 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM Not Being Enforced

29 August 2012 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Lebanon: Law Reform Targets ‘Honor' Crimes

11 August 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM a Positive Step

25 July 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Saudi Arabia: Free Woman Who Dared to Drive

23 May 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"You Dress According to Their Rules," Enforcement of an Islamic Dress Code for Women in Chechnya

10 March 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Afghanistan: Stop Women Being Given as Compensation

8 March 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Gaza: Halt Morality Enforcement Campaign

2 March 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

World Report 2011 - Iraq

24 January 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

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