September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
Venezuela: Human Rights Watch Oral Statement
Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela
![People wearing face masks walk past a mural depicting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on April 17, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202006Americas_Vene_UN_1_1.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=_peFgElm)
September 24, 2020
Qatar: Significant Labor and Kafala Reforms
Enforcement Needed, Other Provisions in Effect Still Carry Risk of Abuse
![Workers in Katara cultural heritage village in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001wr_qatar_human_rights.jpg?itok=qFFlm7xo)
September 24, 2020
Statement on Options for the Way Forward, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
September 23, 2020
Myanmar: Stop Prosecuting Peaceful Protesters
Drop Charges, Quash Convictions Against Students
![Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and President Win Myint, wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus, leave after a Central Executive Committee meeting at their National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, July 21, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009asia_burma_student.jpg?h=9cf11c90&itok=uebcNIrL)
September 23, 2020
US Needs to Address Economic Hardship, Rights Impacts of Covid-19
Census Bureau Data Underscores Vulnerability of People in Poverty
![202003bhr_coronavirus_inequalitypresser2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003bhr_coronavirus_inequalitypresser2.jpg?itok=C5NTzL_7)
September 23, 2020
Cameroon: Soldiers Get 10 Years for Murder of Civilians
Trial Conducted Behind Closed Doors
![A screenshot of the video showing soldiers taking a woman and a child to the place where they would be later killed in Zelevet, Far North region, Cameroon, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009africa_cameroon_zelevet.jpeg?h=f52a926c&itok=oybQquJT)
September 23, 2020
Statement on Commonalities, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher
September 23, 2020
UN Human Rights Council: Help Bridge Yemen’s ‘Acute Accountability Gap’
![People inspect a house after it was destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in the capital, Sanaa, February 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx28hzc_1.jpg?itok=xMLpKUhF)
September 23, 2020
Turkmenistan: Denial, Inaction Worsen Food Crisis
Pandemic Compounds People’s Struggle for Affordable Food
September 23, 2020
Accountability for Rights Violations Remains Essential in Burundi
Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
![Doudou Diene, President of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, speaks at a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 5, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009africa_burundi_un_coi.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=sSdF7Zws)
September 23, 2020
Why Police Shoot People in the Back
![Police in riot gear clear the area in front of Kenosha County Courthouse during clashes with protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 25, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009us_police_kenosha.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=zY32Rp1g)
September 23, 2020
Syria’s 100 Dollar Barrier to Return
New Government Policy Prevents Syrians from Returning Home
![Members of the Lebanese General Security Directorate oversee Syrian refugees boarding a bus to take them home to Syria, in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Bilal Hussein](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905mena_lebanon_syrian_refugees.jpg?itok=9MrkTRZb)
September 23, 2020
UK Seeks to Stop Justice for War Crimes
Parliament Should Reject Overseas Operations Bill
![British troops conduct a dawn foot patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 10, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_afghanistan_uk_soldiers.jpg?h=a8f7a54e&itok=gCF-XTDR)
September 23, 2020
Lebanon Risks Another Trash Crisis
Beirut Blast Damaged Country’s Waste Management Infrastructure
![A beach where a heavy winds and strong waves washed ashore piles of garbage in Keserwan, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on 23 January 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906mena_lebanon_garbage.jpg?itok=yBdt5Oxr)