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Kenneth Roth - Human Rights Watch

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Channel: Chicago Humanities · 2010 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch since 1993, discusses torture and human rights, including the history of the US government's relationship to torture.

Human Rights Watch was formed in the 1980s and is now one of the leading independent organizations dedicated to defending human rights. Under Roth, the group investigates, exposes, and advocates for just resolutions to human rights abuses and international law violations in more than 90 countries.

As part of his work with Human Rights Watch, Roth publishes articles on human rights abuses, focusing on issues of justice and accountability, military conduct in war under the requirements of international humanitarian law, counterterrorism policy, and the human rights responsibilities of multinational businesses.

The author of more than 100 articles on a range of human rights topics, Roth was a contributor to and coeditor of the 2005 essay collection Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK?: A Human Rights Perspective.

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