Reports

When Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) swept through the central Philippines on 8 November 2013, the storm affected some 14.1 million people and caused more than USD 700 million in damage to the agriculture sector,…

Halt Summary Returns, Beatings, Robbery of Asylum Seekers (Budapest, January 20, 2016) – Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them to violence, Human Rights…

HART published a report in March, ‘Large-Scale Developments in Burma: Uncovering Trends in Human Rights Abuse‘ focusing on the detrimental effects large-scale developments are having on locals in the border areas of Burma. This publication offers…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report is a snapshot of the community perspective in ten IDP camps of how accountable the humanitarian response is. 30 focus group discussions in Rakhine and Kachin states, with over 300 IDPs, expressed…

Index number: ASA 21/2973/2015 An expert UN Committee has raised concerns about the on-going failure by the government of Timor-Leste to adopt laws to ensure comprehensive reparation for survivors of rape and other forms of sexual violence…

Women remain vulnerable in Burma’s militarized zones, two leading rights groups warned on Wednesday, presenting newly documented cases of sexual violence in conflict to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Public statements…

Chair’s Summary – Publication of the G7 Report on the Implementation of the G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict The Chair of the G7 has the honour to present the G7 Report on the Implementation…

Victims Spend Years in Futile Efforts to Obtain Justice (Colombo, October 23, 2015) – Sri Lanka’s police forces regularly torture and ill-treat criminal suspects in custody, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The…

QUEZON CITY, Sep. 25 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been tasked, along with five other government agencies, to provide non-monetary reparation to victims of human rights abuses during the Martial Law…

(New York, 17 September 2015) The United Nations Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh, called for the establishment of credible accountability and reconciliation mechanisms for…