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HRW was started
HRW stands for Human Rights Watch and it helps people of all nations and defends their rights and gets justice. -
Asia Watch
The Asia Watch was created so that the people living in Asia can have their right be protected and they could also have their lives be protected. -
Africa Watch
The Africa Watch was created so the people living in Africa can have a safe protected life with it no being as hard a it was before and they will have their human rights back. -
Middle East Watch
The Middle East Watch was created as a seperate unit that was mainly foucused on human rights for countries that lie in the Middle East. -
New Challenges
Human Rights Watch has supported and critiqued the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, sought prosecutions of abusive leaders including Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Hissene Habre of Chad, and played a prominent role in the drafting of the Rome Statute to create the International Criminal Court.
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Persian Gulf War
This was the Human Rights Watch first time addressed violations of the laws of war in bombing campaigns. Advocacy targets were expanded to give greater attention to the United Nations and regional bodies such as the European Union. -
Human Rights
Human Rights Watch broadened and strengthened its work on the rights of women, children, refugees, and migrant workers, bringing a human rights perspective to such issues as domestic violence, trafficking, rape as a war crime, and child soldiers.
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North Korea
The organization found new ways to investigate rights abuses in closed societies such as Saudi Arabia and North Korea. It helped spotlight previously ignored topics such as the rights of gays and lesbians.
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Nobel Peace Prize
Stephen Goose The Human Rights Watch received the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to ban landmines and munitions in multiple countries. -
HIV ans AIDS
The HIV/AIDS pandemic led to the creation of a Human Rights Watch program devoted to human rights and health.
https://www.avert.org/about-hiv-aids/what-hiv-aids -
9/11
The September 11, 2001 attacks and their aftermath highlighted the need for new forms of pressure on terrorist groups and their supporters and close monitoring of counterterrorism laws, policies, and practices that infringe upon basic human rights.
https://www.911memorial.org/information-911-family-members
