Belkis Wille
Belkis Wille is an associate director in the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. Since 2022, she has been documenting laws of war violations in Gaza, Israel, Sudan, and Ukraine. Belkis has also spearheaded the organization’s work investigating the harms stemming from personal data collection, including biometrics, in humanitarian contexts. This work has included investigations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, and Kenya. She has also led the organization’s work on the preservation of content taken down by social media platforms that is vital to war crimes investigations.
Belkis was previously Human Rights Watch’s senior Iraq researcher for three-and-a half years, and its Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen researcher, based in Sanaa, for over three years.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Belkis worked with the World Organisation Against Torture in Libya. She has an LLM in human rights and humanitarian law from the University of Essex, a graduate diploma in law from City University London, and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. Belkis speaks English, German, French, and Arabic.
Articles Authored
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March 27, 2017
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March 19, 2017
Where are Mosul’s Detainees Going?
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March 6, 2017
ISIS Accused of Unleashing Chemical Weapons in Mosul
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February 4, 2017
“We Escaped from Prison, Just to be Put in Another Prison”
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January 11, 2017
The Plight of Those Related to ISIS Fighters
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January 6, 2017
Integrating Iraqi Fighting Forces Is Not Enough
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January 3, 2017
Kurdish Officials Shut Down Group Aiding Yezidis
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December 8, 2016
‘Precision Strike’ On Iraqi Hospital Should Be Investigated
Reports Authored
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“The Massalit Will Not Come Home”
Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan
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“We Had No Choice”
“Filtration” and the Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia
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“No One Represents Us”
Lack of Access to Political Participation for People With Disabilities in Iraq
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“Life Without a Father is Meaningless”
Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances in Iraq 2014-2017