Ida Sawyer is the director of the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, where she oversees a team of about 15 researchers who document war crimes and other serious human rights ...

Ida Sawyer, Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Rights Watch: So this is the first comprehensive report that examines almost every attack on a civilian site on October 7.

Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned by the lack of independence in the work of Rwanda’s National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR, or “the Commission”) and its failure to fulfil its ...

At least 8,000 people were killed by fighting or war-related causes in Russia's months-long conquest of Mariupol, one of the biggest battles of the nearly two-year war between Russia and Ukraine ...

“Human Rights Watch research found that the Hamas-led assault on October 7 was designed to kill civilians and take as many people as possible hostage,” said Ida Sawyer, crisis and conflict ...

Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates, Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to address the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ...

Rights & Wrongs will take listeners behind the scenes of in-depth Human Rights Watch investigations.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was the likely cause of an explosion that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17.

Human Rights Watch announced today that the Board of Directors has named Federico Borello as interim executive director, effective immediately. Borello, the current deputy executive director and ...

Human Rights Watch has verified four videos from the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas-led gunmen, showing three incidents of deliberate killings, and presents this analysis in a video published ...

I oversee Human Rights Watch’s work on El Salvador and have traveled to the country several times, most recently in 2024. I provide this declaration based on my personal knowledge and experience.

Human Rights Watch is pleased to have the opportunity to offer input for the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression’s upcoming thematic report on freedom of ...