Judith Sunderland
Judith Sunderland, associate director for Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia division, has covered a wide range of human rights issues and has a particular expertise in migration and asylum policy as well as discrimination and intolerance.
Her recent work has included research and advocacy on EU asylum policy, including migration cooperation with Libya; boat migration and deaths of migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean; racist violence in Italy and Greece; police abuse affecting minority youth in France; and the impact of Spain’s housing crisis on immigrants and women heads of household.
Sunderland previously worked in Human Rights Watch’s women’s rights division, covering Latin America. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Sunderland worked as a UN human rights observer in the UN Mission in Guatemala, and as a journalist covering Central America. Sunderland is a graduate of Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs and the University of Chicago. She speaks French, Spanish, and Italian.
Articles Authored
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September 26, 2024
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September 9, 2024
Italy Detains MSF Sea Rescue Ship
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July 2, 2024
How Sweden Should Carry Out the EU Migration Pact
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May 22, 2024
Accountability Needed for Pylos Shipwreck
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February 1, 2024
Italy’s Dodgy Detention Deal with Albania
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December 21, 2023
EU’s Migration Pact is a Disaster for Migrants and Asylum Seekers
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December 13, 2023
Greece: 6 Months On, No Justice for Pylos Shipwreck
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September 19, 2023
Europe’s Lack of New Ideas on Migration is the Real Crisis
Reports Authored
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Greece: 6 Months On, No Justice for Pylos Shipwreck
Authorities Need to Learn Lessons to Avert Future Deaths at Sea
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EU/Italy/Libya: Disputes Over Rescues Put Lives at Risk
Allow European Rescues, Agree on Safe Disembarkation
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Spain: LGBT Asylum Seekers Abused in North African Enclave
Transfer Sexual Minorities from Ceuta to Mainland
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Turned Away
Summary Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adult Asylum Seekers from Italy to Greece
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