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Human Rights Watch
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Not to be confused with Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society or Human Rights Campaign.
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.
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Founded | 1978; 46 years ago (1978) (as Helsinki Watch) |
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Type | Non-profit, NGO |
Focus | Human rights, activism |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Product | Nonprofit human rights advocacy |
Key people | Tirana Hassan (Executive Director) |
Revenue | $85.6 million (2019)[1] |
Website | www![]() |
Formerly called | Helsinki Watch |
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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]