World Report 2016: Events of 2015

by Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth (Introduction)

Overview

The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories is put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2015 by Human RightsWatch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609807030
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	680
File size:	26 MB
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About the Author

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, and operates in more than eighty countries. Its annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere. KENNETH ROTH is the executive director of Human Rights Watch. He has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world.

Table of Contents

Contents; Foreword; Twin Threats; How the Politics of Fear and the Crushing of Civil Society Imperil Global Rights ~ Kenneth Roth; Rights in Transition; Making Legal Recognition for Transgender People a Global Priority ~ Neela Ghoshal and Kyle Knight; Ending Child Marriage; Meeting the Global Development Goals’ Promise to Girls ~ Nisha Varia; Children Behind Bars; The Global Overuse of Detention of Children ~ Michael Bochenek; COUNTRIES.

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"This latest HRW report is an important call to arms to protect health as a fundamental human right." The Lancet (about the 2015 edition)

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"Kudos to the University of Bristol’s “publisher with a purpose” for this paperback edition of Human Rights Watch’s 26th annual report." Times Higher Education

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