18 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
El Salvador
Press release on a report on violations of the rights of transgender people by denying them legal recognition of their gender
El Salvador: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
El Salvador
Press release on a report on violations of the rights of transgender people by denying them legal recognition of their gender
El Salvador : Les personnes transgenres privées de l'égalité des droits (Appeal or News Release, French)
July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), COMCAVIS TRANS - Comunicando y Capacitando a Mujeres Trans (Author)
El Salvador
Report on violations of the rights of transgender people by denying them legal recognition of their gender (limited legal protections; recent progress; right to health; right to work; economic rights; right to vote; other topics)
“We Just Want to Live Our Lives”; El Salvador’s Need for Legal Gender Recognition (Special or Analytical Report, English)
July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Cuba
Report on the state crackdown on protests in July 2021 (excessive use of force by security forces; arrests; case examples)
Prison or Exile; Cuba’s Systematic Repression of July 2021 Demonstrators (Special or Analytical Report, English)
14 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Tunisia
Overview of the 2022-draft constitution (key changes; changes concerning human rights and freedoms; role of religion; drafting process; other concerns)
Q&A: Tunisia’s Constitutional Referendum (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Russian Federation, Ukraine
According to Human Rights Watch and UN, hundreds of individuals have been arbitrarily detained and tortured by Russian armed forces in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, with several of them having been transferred to places of detention in the Russian Federation
Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Russian Federation, Ukraine
According to Human Rights Watch and UN, hundreds of individuals have been arbitrarily detained and tortured by Russian armed forces in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, with several of them having been transferred to places of detention in the Russian Federation
Russie : Des civils ukrainiens victimes de disparitions forcées (Appeal or News Release, French)
14 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Guatemala
8 prosecutors arbitrarily dismissed by general prosecutor
Guatemala: Attorney General Arbitrarily Fires Prosecutors (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 July 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka
Western Province: State of emergency and curfew imposed amid anti-government protests
Sri Lanka: Protect Rights During Political Turmoil (Appeal or News Release, English)
12 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), PIN – People in Need (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), IBAHRI - International Bar Association Human Rights Institute et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement calling for EU support for the creation of a mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation in light of the human rights situation
RE: EU leadership for a Special Rapporteur on Russia at the UN Human Rights Council [EUR 46/5866/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)