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Patricia Gossman
Patricia Gossman is an associate director for the Asia division. Prior to joining HRW, Dr. Gossman was Director of the Afghanistan Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice on Afghanistan, and was the founder and director of the Afghanistan Justice Project, an OSI-funded project to document war crimes committed during the Afghan conflict, 1978-2001. She was Senior Researcher for South Asia at Human Rights Watch in the 1990s, covering not only Afghanistan, but India, Pakistan and Nepal. Dr. Gossman received her doctorate in South Asian Studies from the University of Chicago and is widely published on human rights issues in the region.
Articles Authored
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February 16, 2016
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December 21, 2015
Afghanistan: After Kunduz
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September 16, 2015
Dispatches: Why Afghans are Leaving
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July 13, 2015
Dispatches: Afghan Civilians Pay the Price of Attacks
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May 18, 2015
Afghanistan: The Taliban's Deadly Hypocrisy
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May 5, 2015
Dispatches: A Boost for Afghanistan’s Media
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April 27, 2015
Dispatches: Tightening Chokehold on Afghanistan’s Media
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March 24, 2015
Injecting Rights Into the US-Afghanistan Relationship
Reports Authored
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“No Forgiveness for People Like You”
Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban
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“I Thought Our Life Might Get Better”
Implementing Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence against Women Law
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“You Have No Right to Complain”
Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan
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