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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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"I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished": Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Disabilities in Australia

6 February 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"They Want Docile": How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia

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

Ghana: People with Disabilities Freed from Chains

7 July 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia

20 March 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

South Africa: Crisis for Children with Disabilities

14 March 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Morocco: Flawed Draft Disability Rights Law

26 October 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"Chained Like Prisoners" - Abuses Against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Somaliland

25 October 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Making Russia's 'Back to School' More Inclusive

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

Left Out? Obstacles to Education for People with Disabilities in Russia

1 September 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Pakistan: Don't Execute Man with Mental Disability

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

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