World Report 2016

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, and operates in more than ninety countries. Its annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.

• Contents;Foreword;Twin Threats;How the Politics of Fear and the Crushing of Civil Society Imperil Global Rights ~ Kenneth Roth;Rights in Transition;Making Legal Recognition for Transgender People a Global Priority ~ Neela Ghoshal and Kyle Knight;Ending Child Marriage;Meeting the Global Development Goals’ Promise to Girls ~ Nisha Varia;Children Behind Bars;The Global Overuse of Detention of Children ~ Michael Bochenek;COUNTRIES.

"Kudos to the University of Bristol's "publisher with a purpose" for this paperback edition of Human Rights Watch's 26th annual report." Times Higher Education "This latest HRW report is an important call to arms to protect health as a fundamental human right." The Lancet (about the 2015 edition)