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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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UN expert spotlights LGBT poverty in Ghana

26 June 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

World Report 2017 - Papua New Guinea

12 January 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

World Report 2017 - Equatorial Guinea

12 January 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

Nepotism and Neglect: The Failing Response to Arsenic in the Drinking Water of Bangladesh's Rural Poor

April 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Ending Child Marriage in Africa

9 December 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Zimbabwe: Violent Crackdown on Street Vendors

29 July 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"How Can We Survive Here?" - The Impact of Mining on Human Rights in Karamoja, Uganda

3 February 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"Take That Filth Away" - Police Abuses Against Street Vendors in Angola

30 September 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

World Report 2013 - Nigeria

31 January 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria

11 October 2012 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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