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Human Rights Watch

"HRW" redirects here. For other uses, see HRW (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society or Human Rights Campaign.
Human Rights Watch
Founded1978 (1978) (as Helsinki Watch)
TypeNon-profit, NGO
FocusHuman rights, activism
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ProductNonprofit human rights advocacy
Key people
Tirana Hassan
(Executive Director)
Revenue
$85.6 million (2019)[1]
Websitewww.hrw.org Edit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
Helsinki Watch
Former executive Director Kenneth Roth speaking at the 44th Munich Security Conference 2008

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.[2] The group pressures governments, policymakers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners.

In 1997, Human Rights Watch shared the Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.[3] It played a leading role in the 2008 treaty banning cluster munitions.[4]

HRW's annual expenses totaled $50.6 million in 2011,[5] $69.2 million in 2014,[6] and $75.5 million in 2017.[7][needs update]

  1. ^ "Form 990" Archived 2023-09-12 at the Wayback Machine (2019), www.hrw.org.
  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "HRW Statement on Nobel Prize". www.hrw.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ^ "History". www.hrw.org. April 21, 2015. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Financial Statements, Year Ended June 30, 2011" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "Financial Statements, Year Ended June 30, 2014" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

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