World Report 2012
Events of 2011
Published on 31. January 2012
672 pages
978-1-60980-390-2 (ISBN)
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The 22nd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than ninety countries and territories worldwide, reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2011 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. World Report 2012 gives particular focus on the roles--positive or negative--played in each country by key domestic and international figures, and includes contributions from Joseph Saunders, Danielle Haas, and Iain Levine, and an introduction by Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth assessing the year's most pressing human rights issue.
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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.
KENNETH ROTH is the executive director of Human Rights Watch. He has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Time to Abandon the Autocrats and Embrace Rights: The International Response to the Arab Spring: by Kenneth Roth
- Before the Arab Spring, the Unseen Thaw: by Eric Goldstein
- After the Fall: Hopes and Lessons 20 Years after the Collapse of the Soviet Union: By Rachel Denber
- Europe's Own Human Rights Crisis: By Benjamin Ward
- From Paternalism to Dignity: Respecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: By Shantha Rau Barriga
- A Landmark Victory for Domestic Workers: New Convention Establishes First Global Labor Standards for Millions of Women and Girls: By Nisha Varia and Jo Becker
- Photo Essay: UPRISING: Photographs from the Arab Spring
- Africa
- Angola
- Burundi
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan (North)
- Swaziland
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- Americas
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Cambodia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- The Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Europe and Central Asia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- European Union
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Russia
- Serbia
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Middle East and North Africa
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Morocco and Western Sahara
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- United States
- United States
- 2011 Human Rights Watch Publications
- By Country
