Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Iraq
![Iraqi soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in Nineveh, Iraq. Friday Dec. 4, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110mena_iraq_checkpoint.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=boea3WC7)
UN Reviews Venezuela’s Poor Human Rights Record
Recommendations Should Focus on Judicial Independence, Free Elections, End to Repression
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109Americas_Venezuela_HRC.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=is8vJVBl)
UN: Ban Abusive Bangladesh Unit from Peacekeeping
Role of Rapid Action Battalion Should Be Reviewed Following US Sanctions
![Bangladeshi RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) Dog squad unit stand on guard at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_bangladesh_rab.jpg?h=f5c77971&itok=e_a4tPuO)
Egypt: No End to Systematic Repression
Human Rights Defenders and Ordinary Citizens Targeted, Harassed, Tortured
![An Egyptian intelligence security detail member stands guard near a banner showing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112mena_egypt_wr.jpeg?h=9b767776&itok=P7s5dJ3G)
UN Members Should Stand Strong on Human Rights Funding
Russia, China Lead Efforts to Put Monitoring, Investigations on Chopping Block
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UN rights body should establish international investigation into Ethiopia rights abuses
HRW Statement at the 33rd Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
![Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, November 21, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112AFR_Ehiopia_Tigray_Photo.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=a0Xfq5_u)
Justice & accountability urgently needed to address rights and humanitarian crisis Afghanistan
HRW Statement - Oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
![Two men holding weapons ride in the bed of a truck](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_afghanistan_taliban_patrol.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=FXc7svJ3)
States should ensure universal and equitable access to vaccines, support TRIPS waiver
HRW Statement - HRC Full-day intersessional seminar on good practices, key challenges and new developments relevant to access to medicines and vaccines
![Supporters attend the Rally for Vaccine Access for Everyone, Everywhere on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105USP_Covid_vacciine_rally.jpg?h=a3420ab9&itok=4LtEIro9)
Uzbekistan Should Keep Its Human Rights Promises
Rather than Toasting a UN Post, Real Action Needed
![President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivers a speech at the 46th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 22, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112eca_uzbekistan_hrc_mirziyoyev.jpg?h=b4a75735&itok=sO4OOEI-)
Civil Society Groups Seek Urgent UN Action on Yemen
More Than 85 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism
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Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Cambodia
89th Session, 2021
Oral Statement at the Intersessional Briefing by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Situation of Human Rights in Ethiopia
Concrete, Urgent Council Action Needed
![Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, November 26, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107ethiopia_tigray_crises_three.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=5ki3Sctq)