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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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Joint statement: Venezuela's Crisis Should be a Human Rights Council Priority

8 September 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN Makes History on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

1 July 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN Human Rights Council: High Commissioner's reports on human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Burma/Myanmar and on Sri Lanka

30 June 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Central African Republic

28 June 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Addressing the situation of human rights in Belarus at the UN Human Rights Council

27 June 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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