World Report 2023

Events of 2022

Introduction by Tirana Hassan
The best country-by-country assessment of human rights.

In this signature yearly report, Human Rights Watch will document and address human rights abuses in more than 100 countries. Executive director Ken Roth’s lead essay will cover the global contest between democracy and autocracy—with a call for more effective leadership from democracies.  Many of the chapters will cover responses to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
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.

In this signature yearly report, Human Rights Watch will document and address human rights abuses in more than 100 countries. Executive director Ken Roth’s lead essay will cover the global contest between democracy and autocracy—with a call for more effective leadership from democracies.  Many of the chapters will cover responses to the Covid-19 global pandemic.

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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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