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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April 21, 2017
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April 11, 2017
Letting People Drown is not an EU Value
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September 2, 2016
The Death of a Small Syrian Boy
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July 13, 2016
Dispatches: Italy Wakes Up to Xenophobia
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June 17, 2016
Dispatches: Mom, I’m Alive
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June 2, 2016
Dispatches: Deadly Week in the Mediterranean
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February 8, 2016
Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe
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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