South Sudan’s use of improvised air-dropped incendiary weapons has killed and horrifically burned dozens of people, including ...

Human Rights Watch is honored to address the African Committee of Experts at its 45th Ordinary Session, and join it in celebrating 35 years since the adoption of the African Children’s Charter.

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military ...

Michael Sang Correa, an alleged former member of a Gambian death squad, will stand trial in a US federal court in Denver, ...

They’re doing this work very bravely, without any support.” For the people defending human rights and the environment in ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the report on older persons in armed conflict and ...

On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries ...

Democratic control and oversight of statutory intelligence agencies refer to a comprehensive set of mechanisms and processes ...

Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S.

The Sudanese authorities should immediately surrender al-Bashir and those wanted by the court, Human Rights Watch said. ICC ...

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet.