Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization. Its activities include research and advocacy on human rights. The headquarters of the organization is in New York City.
Focus of the organization
[change | change source]- Arms trafficking
- Land mines
- Abortion rights
- Freedom of religion
- Gay rights and rights of transgender according to the Yogyakarta Principles
- Rights of AIDS patients
- Safety of civilians in war; opposes use of cluster bombs
- Child labor
- Child soldiers
- Child prostitution
- Street children
- Genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
- Torture
- Extrajudicial killings and abductions
- Legal cases against human rights abusers
- Trafficking in women and girls
- Abolition of capital punishment worldwide
