18th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival Trailer

The 18th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, in its second year of partnership with Hot Docs, will present five powerful and compelling films that will be completely digital for the first time since the Toronto HRWFF’s inception.

Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth: Biden Should Cement Rights in US Policy

(Washington, DC, January 13, 2021) – US President-elect Joe Biden should work with global leaders who have sought to shore up a defense of human rights around the world, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2021.

South Asia: Justice, Services Can Curb Sexual Violence

(New York) – South Asian governments should disregard populist death penalty rhetoric and listen to their own experts to prevent and end sexual violence against women, Human Rights Watch said in a video released today.

Peruvian National Police Committed Multiple Abuses During November Protests

(Lima) – The Peruvian National Police committed multiple abuses against mostly peaceful demonstrators protesting the ousting of then-President Martín Vizcarra in November 2020, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Saudi Arabia is Holding Migrants in Inhuman, Degrading Conditions

(Beirut) – A deportation center in Riyadh is holding hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrant workers in conditions so degrading that they amount to ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today.

Map of NSS Detention Sites in Juba, South Sudan

Locations of detention sites operated by South Sudan's National Security Service in Juba, South Sudan, as of December 2020.

Armenia: Unlawful Rocket, Missile Strikes on Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh

(Berlin, December 11, 2020) – Azerbaijani forces carried out apparently indiscriminate attacks in Stepanakert in violation of the laws of war during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Human Rights Watch said today.

Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, Addresses Member Countries of the ICC

Human Rights Watch is engaging with member countries of the International Criminal Court as they meet in their annual session, to make sure they remain focused on doing all they can to uphold the quest for justice and to support the fight against impunity.