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December 23, 2024 Statement

Syria: Preserve Evidence of Mass Atrocities

Urgent Need to Document Assad Government’s Abuses

Family members of missing Syrian detainees hold up photos of their loved ones outside al-Mujtahid hospital in Damascus on December 15, 2024.

December 19, 2024 News Release

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza

Authorities’ Widespread Deprivation of Water Threatens Survival

People pull plastic water containers down a muddy street amid destroyed buildings

December 17, 2024 Dispatches

Liberian Warlord-Politician’s Death and the Search for Justice

Victims Never Saw Prince Johnson Prosecuted for War Crimes

Prince Y. Johnson attends a political rally in Liberia in 2017.

December 4, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement for the Plenary Session on Review at the International Criminal Court’s 23rd Assembly of States Parties

December 4, 2024

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

World Court Considers Climate Change

Hearings Begin in Advisory Opinion on State Obligations

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, opens hearings into the legal obligations of countries with respect to combating climate change on December 2, 2024.

December 2, 2024 News Release

ICC: Member States Should Act to Protect Justice

Annual Meeting Should Address Threats to International Criminal Court

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

November 27, 2024 News Release

Myanmar: ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant

Key Step Toward Justice for Rohingya

Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.

November 26, 2024 Statement

EU Cooperation in International Criminal Court Arrests

November 2024

European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.

November 26, 2024 Dispatches

EU Should Reaffirm Support for ICC Arrests

Use Existing Policies to Ensure Effective Strategies for Executing Arrests

November 21, 2024 News Release

Palestine: ICC Warrants Revive Hope for Long-Delayed Justice

Governments Should Defend Court Amid Mounting Pressure

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan gives an interview with Reuters about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, The Hague, Netherlands, October 12, 2023.

November 20, 2024 News Release

UN: Approve Next Steps on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

Crucial for Countries to Support a Vote to Move Ahead

November 20, 2024 Feature

Syria: Survivors of Torture and their Families Press for Justice

Abuse Continues One Year After World Court Order

Relatives of Syrians who have been detained or disappeared protest in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on October 10, 2023.

November 20, 2024 News Release

Syria Violating World Court Order

Torture and Enforced Disappearances Persist

November 18, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Twenty-Third Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties

November 2024

October 25, 2024 Commentary

International Court Rulings Require EU Action on Israel and Palestine

Sanctions, Trade Measures, Support for ICC Crucial to Comply with International Law

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