World Report 2025

Events of 2024

Introduction by Tirana Hassan
Paperback
$50.00 US
On sale Feb 25, 2025 | 656 Pages | 9781644214374
The best country-by-country assessment of human rights.

Human Rights Watch will document and address human rights abuses in more than 100 countries). Executive Director Tirana Hassan’s lead essay highlights how, in a time of perma-crisis and horrific conflicts, the global human rights system offers governments a roadmap to deliver on the promise of protecting everyone’s dignity, no matter who they are or where they live.
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.

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The best country-by-country assessment of human rights.

Human Rights Watch will document and address human rights abuses in more than 100 countries). Executive Director Tirana Hassan’s lead essay highlights how, in a time of perma-crisis and horrific conflicts, the global human rights system offers governments a roadmap to deliver on the promise of protecting everyone’s dignity, no matter who they are or where they live.

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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.

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