The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles
The 337-page report, “‘You Have to Move!’ The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles,” documents the experiences of people living on the streets and in vehicles, temporary shelters, and parks in Los Angeles, as they struggle to survive while facing criminalization and governmental failures to prioritize eviction prevention or access to permanent housing. Law enforcement and sanitation “sweeps” force unhoused people out of public view, often wasting resources on temporary shelter and punishments that do not address the underlying needs. Tens of thousands of people are living in the streets of Los Angeles; death rates among the unhoused have skyrocketed.
The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities
This 136-page report is the most comprehensive account to date of the harmful effect on civilians of the armed forces' involvement in business. Human Rights Watch calls on the Indonesian government to ban all military businesses, reform the budget process, and hold military personnel accountable for crimes.
Ongoing Threats to Indigenous Montagnards in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Drawing on eyewitness accounts and published sources, this 55-page report provides fresh information about ongoing religious and political persecution of Montagnards, or indigenous communities, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
The Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur
This briefing paper examines the first year of the special court's operations, and sets out the major roadblocks to the prosecution of war crimes in Darfur. The courts were established by the Sudanese government to deal with the widespread crimes in Darfur.
Chronology of the case against Zhao Yan, the Chinese assistant at the New York Times Beijing bureau who has been accused of leaking state secrets and of lesser fraud charges. The trial is expected to begin June 8.
The Continuing Failure to Address Accountability in Kosovo Post-March 2004
This 74-page report focuses on the criminal justice response to the March 2004 violence in the province. At that time, widespread rioting across the province, involving more than 50,000 people, left hundreds of minorities injured and thousands displaced from their homes.
This 36-page report documents human rights abuses against civilians that were committed by state security forces, their allied militias and the rebel New Forces (Forces Nouvelles) between November and March. These armed groups have preyed on civilians through intimidation and outright force.
In this brief initial paper, Human Rights Watch seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussions about how the Human Rights Council should function and develop its work. The first year of the Council will be one of transition, but also a unique occasion to build a principal human rights organ that delivers results in the short, medium, and long term.
Bold Ambitions, Limited Results for Human Rights Under Fox
This 150-page <a href="http://hrw.org/reports/2006/mexico0506/"> report </a> documents the successes and failures of Fox’s human rights policies. The report offers detailed recommendations for his successor who will be chosen in the July presidential election on how to build upon the Fox agenda, while avoiding its significant shortcomings.
A series of prosecutions of independent weeklies, the most outspoken and critical sector of the Moroccan news media, show the continuing limits on press freedom in that country.
The Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur are hindering humanitarian agencies from reaching hundreds of thousands of civilians dependent on international aid in many areas of Darfur. Human Rights Watch called on all the warring parties to cease attacks on civilians, including aid workers, and immediately facilitate access of humanitarian assistance to civilians.
The North Korean Government’s Control of Food and the Risk of Hunger
This 34-page report examines recent worrisome developments in North Korea’s food policies, its marginalization of the World Food Programme (WFP), its refusal to allow adequate monitoring of food aid, and the implications of the government’s new policies.
Discrimination, Denial, and the Fate of Binational Same-Sex Couples under U.S. Law
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