Patricia Gossman
Patricia Gossman is an associate director for the Asia division. Prior to joining HRW, Dr. Gossman was Director of the Afghanistan Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice on Afghanistan, and was the founder and director of the Afghanistan Justice Project, an OSI-funded project to document war crimes committed during the Afghan conflict, 1978-2001. She was Senior Researcher for South Asia at Human Rights Watch in the 1990s, covering not only Afghanistan, but India, Pakistan and Nepal. Dr. Gossman received her doctorate in South Asian Studies from the University of Chicago and is widely published on human rights issues in the region.
Articles Authored
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January 28, 2021
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November 12, 2020
Afghan Victims Deserve Justice in Australian Inquiry
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October 29, 2020
Afghan Police Take Page from Taliban Playbook
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October 26, 2020
Afghanistan School Bombing Targets Minority Community
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October 22, 2020
Online Harassment of Women in Pakistan
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September 26, 2020
Afghans Tentatively Talk Peace in a Year of Rising Violence
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August 6, 2020
Afghanistan Prisoner Dilemma Sidelines Justice
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June 11, 2020
ICC Investigation Vital for Justice in Afghanistan
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March 27, 2020
Migrant Workers in Maldives at Added Risk from COVID-19
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March 20, 2020
Afghanistan’s Prisoner Dilemma
Reports Authored
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“No Forgiveness for People Like You”
Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban
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“I Thought Our Life Might Get Better”
Implementing Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence against Women Law
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“You Have No Right to Complain”
Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan
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