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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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Young woman's murder in Kyrgyzstan shows cost of 'tradition'

31 May 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Indonesian President Jokowi to Ban Child Marriage

23 April 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Japan Moves to End Child Marriage

21 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Florida: Child Marriage Ban Hits a Bump

5 February 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

17 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Fleeing Woman Returned to Saudi Arabia Against Her Will

14 April 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Lebanon: Pass Bill to End Child Marriage

12 April 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Lebanon: Reform Rape Laws

19 December 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Zimbabwe: Scourge of Child Marriage

25 November 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Slavery: The ISIS Rules

5 September 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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