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class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Japan’s official decision to support the establishment of a new United Nations inquiry mechanism on human rights violations in North Korea is an important step toward the establishment of an in-depth investigation into human rights violations committed by the North Korean Government at home and abroad.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/central-role-japan-addressing-human-rights-abuses-north-korea">The Central Role of Japan in Addressing Human Rights Abuses in North Korea</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/north-korea-launch-un-commission-inquiry">North Korea: Launch a UN Commission of Inquiry</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should vote to establish a commission of inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea when the matter comes up before the February-March session of the council, said Human Rights Watch today. A detailed memo released by Human Rights Watch, Q&A; on a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea, explains why a commission is urgently needed, how it could be established, what it should examine, and how it will support the efforts of the UNHRC to press for Pyongyang’s compliance with international human rights standards.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/14/un-security-council-heed-call-justice-syria">UN Security Council: Heed Call for Justice in Syria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 14, 2013</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>A letter sent to the United Nations Security Council on behalf of 57 states calling for a referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) gives momentum to international efforts to stop grave abuses committed there. More countries should join the call and impress on reluctant Council members the urgency of taking up the issue of accountability.<br/> <br/>  </p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/us-human-rights-watch-submission-un-human-rights-committee">US: Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Written statement</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch submitted this statement to inform the Human Rights Committee’s understanding of the US government’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/28/rwanda-s-rampaging-rebel-force">Rwanda’s Rampaging Rebel Force</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Commentary</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 28, 2012</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Despite supporting a brutal rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda is about to take a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Few countries dare challenge the Security Council the way Rwanda does; even fewer get away with it. Yet on Tuesday, despite backing an abusive rebel group that has attacked U.N. peacekeepers in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda will take a two-year seat on the council.  </p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/20/south-sudan-heed-global-call-end-death-penalty">South Sudan: Heed Global Call to End Death Penalty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 20, 2012</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">South Sudan should carry out its commitment for a moratorium on the death penalty. On December 20, 2012, South Sudan, along with 110 other nations, voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling on countries that use capital punishment to place a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/05/joint-letter-un-security-council-international-military-force-mali">Joint Letter to UN Security Council on an International Military Force for Mali</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 5, 2012</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>As the UN Security Council considers the authorization of an international military force for Mali, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, FIDH, and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect share concerns about the possible human rights challenges such a force could encounter if it is not accompanied by the proper safeguards for civilian protection and human rights monitoring capability.  </p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/21/united-nations-general-assembly-support-resolution-promotion-and-protection-human-ri">United Nations General Assembly: Support Resolution on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Iran</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 21, 2012</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We, the undersigned human rights organizations and press freedom groups, write to respectfully urge your government to vote in favor of the resolution on the promotion and protection of human rights of the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled to take place on November 27, 2012. This 67th UNGA provides an important opportunity to elevate and advance the concerns of the international community with respect to ongoing human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic of Iran.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/16/uae-make-good-human-rights-commitments">UAE: Make Good on Human Rights Commitments</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <span class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 16, 2012</span> </span> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Arab Emirates should swiftly end the arbitrary detention and harassment of its critics in line with its obligations as a recently elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="drpager first"><input type="text" class="drpager-page" name="{"url":"\/news-all\/680?page=drpagerpage","total":118}" title="Set page number to go to then press enter" value="1"/> <span>of <em>118</em></span></li> <li class="pager-next"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/680?page=1" title="Go to next page" class="active">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/680?page=117" title="Go to last page" class="active">last »</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126152736/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126152736/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126152736/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126152736/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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