Heather Barr is associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She has researched human rights in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New ...

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Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.

Human Rights Watch’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Division defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced people, and migrants worldwide. We investigate rights violations arising from ...

Human Rights Watch works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peoples' rights, and with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues. We document and expose abuses based ...

Judges Set to Deliver Advisory Opinion on Occupied Palestinian Territory ...

Human Rights Watch champions human rights law to force governments to protect people and prevent corporations from continuing to cause extreme environmental degradation.

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Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to having their rights violated and abuses can further entrench barriers to people meeting their basic ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, is set to deliver remarks tonight at the Human Rights ...

The NGO urges governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse "onerous visa requirements" for ...

A United Nations panel issued guiding principles today making clear that the pursuit of minerals needed to transition from ...