Belgium

July 13, 2017

Restricting Women’s Clothing – and Freedom – in Belgium

The European Court of Human Rights has struck another blow to women’s autonomy, ruling in favor of bans on full-face veils enacted in 2011 in Belgium.

Religious Freedom

July 13, 2017 Dispatches

Restricting Women’s Clothing – and Freedom – in Belgium

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
Health

February 28, 2017 News Release

Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights
Children's Rights

February 9, 2017 Dispatches

Belgium Can Protect Kids During War by Protecting Schools

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division

Videos Watch More

November 3, 2016 Video

Video: Belgian Counterterrorism Measures Raise Concerns

Reports More Reports

November 3, 2016

Grounds for Concern

Belgium’s Counterterror Responses to the Paris and Brussels Attacks
November 8, 2012

“The Law Was Against Me”

Migrant Women’s Access to Protection for Family Violence in Belgium
January 26, 2007

The Trial of Hissène Habré

Time is Running Out for the Victims

News

March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
December 23, 2016 Dispatches

Europe’s Court Repudiates Blanket Data Retention—Again

Cynthia M. Wong
Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights
November 3, 2016 News Release

Belgium: Response to Attacks Raises Rights Concerns
March 22, 2016 News Release

Belgium: Despicable Attacks Kill, Injure Dozens
April 5, 2015 Commentary

Blackface is Not the Face Belgium Should Present to the World

Peter Bouckaert
Director, Emergencies

Published In: Le Soir
February 18, 2015 Commentary

In 2015, Anti-Semitism Should No Longer Be a Reality in Europe

Izza Leghtas

Published In: The Huffington Post
September 19, 2014 News Release

Belgium/Liberia: War Crimes Arrest Major Step for Justice
February 1, 2013 Statements

Global: HRW Submission to the CEDAW Committee
November 8, 2012 News Release

Belgium: Abused Migrant Women Fear Deportation
July 20, 2012 News Release

World Court: Important Victory for Habré Victims
March 19, 2012 Commentary

Victims of violence in Chad - 'our last chance for justice'

Souleymane Guengueng

Published In: Public Service Europe
March 8, 2012 News Release

Belgium/Senegal: World Court Should Order Habré Extradition

Daily Brief

July 28, 2017

Trump's dangerous scapegoating of immigrants; will Iran get a female minister?; judicial independence under attack in Zimbabwe; decriminalizing drugs pays off in Portugal; China's authoritarian regime reaches Italy; and HRW's report on harmful surgery on intersex children.