Africa: U.S./Africa - Expulsion Deals Flout Rights

African Governments Should Terminate Agreements and Refuse New Ones Read more »

Africa: Obstetric Violence Is Gender-Based Violence. It's Time the Law Recognized It.

For centuries, women worldwide have experienced violence in their homes at the hands of intimate partners with no or very little legal recourse. I witnessed this firsthand. Read more »

Africa: Human Rights Watch Oral Statement At the 59th Session UN Human Rights Council

Mr. President, Read more »

Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress

Most African Governments Don't Meet Global Funding Benchmarks Read more »

Africa: Kuwait's Exit Permit Requirement Puts Migrant Workers At Risk

Dismantle Kafala System Instead of Strengthening Its Abusive Elements Read more »

Africa: Saudi Arabia - Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death At Workplaces

Prevent, Investigate Deaths; Compensate Families; Mandate Life Insurance Read more »

Africa: 2025 Human Rights Roadmap for the African Union

On March 13, 2025, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf took office as the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, the AU's chief executive officer and legal representative, following his… Read more »

Central Africa: Justice Vital for Durable Peace in Africa's Great Lakes Region

Crucial that Talks Include Accountability for Grave Abuses Read more »

Africa: Towards 2040 - Defining an African Human Rights Framework On the Right to Education of Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers

No girl should be denied her right to education as a result of pregnancy Read more »

Africa: Top African Rights Court to Consider States' Climate Obligations

Advisory Opinion Could Further Cement Rights in Climate Action Read more »

Africa: Human Rights Watch Statement to the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission On Human and Peoples' Rights

Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates, Read more »

Africa: Progress On Addressing Violence Against Women in Africa

The African Union Commission Should Publish Final Version of Adopted Treaty Read more »

Africa: Submission to the UN Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

General Recommendations on Reparations Read more »

Africa: UAE - Unfair Mass Trial Convictions Upheld

Appeals Rejected in Death Knell for Emirati Civil Society Read more »

Africa: AU Action Needed to End Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent

Enforced Disappearances, Politically Motivated Detention Read more »