A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of committing an apparent war crime by its killing of three journalists in Lebanon last month. Human Rights Watch researcher Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس explains what investigators found.

Long-overdue but a welcome development for the victims of horrifying atrocities.

Amid renewed hostilities in Syria, it is civilians who are bearing the brunt of the violence, yet again finding themselves displaced and facing risk of unlawful attacks and other serious abuses by all parties to the conflict. hrw.org/news/2024/12/0…

🇭🇹Haiti’s situation is catastrophic. The United Nations Security Council should urgently address Haiti’s request to transform the Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti into a full-fledged UN mission with human rights safeguards, accountability mechanisms & reparations for past abuses. More ➡️hrw.org/news/2024/12/0…

New from Human Rights Watch: recs for Syria's emerging leadership. This is a critical moment to reject the horror show of the past, rebuild trust, and lay the groundwork for a society where everyone is treated with dignity hrw.org/news/2024/12/1…

The OSMP is thrilled to welcome Human Rights Watch as the latest research organisation contributing to our munitions archive. We will soon add dozens more images from Human Rights Watch’s decades of world-leading field investigations in global conflict zones. 🧵 osmp.ngo/research_organ…

Human Rights Watch has joined the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP)! Alongside others, we will be contributing photos of munitions and analysis by our arms experts to this public database. Open Source Munitions Portal Learn more ⤵️

In the past 13 years, we have registered 35,000 cases of people who have gone missing in Syria. Behind every case is a family’s pain. We call on all parties to prevent the destruction of crucial records. Stephan Sakalian, head of delegation in Syria 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6010ouogo

United States is transferring internationally-prohibited antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine. New Human Rights Watch Q & A looks at how Biden's decision risks civilian harm, contravenes US policy & sets back the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention hrw.org/news/2024/12/1…

1/ The Rapid Support Forces & allied militias have carried out sexual violence across #Sudan including in South Kordofan, with Human Rights Watch’s latest report detailing dozens of cases of rape, including in the context of sexual slavery hrw.org/news/2024/12/1…

1/ In the aftermath of the Assad government’s fall, Human Rights Watch, ADMSP, and @Amnesty visited detention sites and mass graves in Syria, advocating for the preservation of evidence crucial for justice. Our joint statement: hrw.org/news/2024/12/2…

🚨 Job Alert: We're hiring a new researcher to join our Crisis, Conflict & Arms Division @HRW, who will help us document war crimes & other serious human rights abuses in conflicts & crises around the globe. For more information & to apply, please visit: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswat…

The GBU-39 – a visual guide to Israel’s “weapon of choice” in Gaza. This is the first in a series of articles using interactive 3D models alongside images from the OSMP archive to help researchers understand and identify widely-used munitions 1/10 osmp.ngo/collection/sma…

#DRC: As the M23 approaches #Goma, civilians are increasingly at risk, both from the M23 & Rwandan army, as well as the Congolese army & Wazalendo - all of whom have long records of grave abuse. Urgent action needed now to protect civilians. New from Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2025/01/2…

🚨 New Report Release by Human Rights Watch 🚨 Amid Israel’s assault on Gaza, women have faced unimaginable conditions during pregnancy, childbirth. R.M., 31, was 2 months pregnant when the hostilities began in Oct 2023. Her story is a testament to their struggle. hrw.org/news/2025/01/2…

New Human Rights Watch research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. hrw.org/news/2025/06/0…