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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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July 11, 2024
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July 3, 2024
A Path to Justice for Afghans
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March 11, 2024
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Targets Youth on Social Media
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February 6, 2024
Pakistan Needs More Than Elections To Be a Democracy
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December 8, 2023
Pakistan Denies Voting Rights to Religious Community
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October 17, 2023
Maldives: Environmental Protection Laws Bypassed
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August 22, 2023
No End to Taliban Revenge Killings in Afghanistan
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August 15, 2023
An Opportunity to Remedy Inequality in Pakistan
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August 2, 2023
Germany’s Broken Promises
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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