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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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In the Dark: Hidden Abuses Against Detained Youths in Rio de Janeiro

9 June 2005 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"Real Dungeons": Juvenile Detention in the State of Rio de Janeiro

7 December 2004 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Cruel Confinement: Abuses Against Detained Children in Northern Brazil

10 April 2003 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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