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
-
March 5, 2020
-
December 13, 2019
Reckless Development Worsens Maldives’ Environmental Crisis
-
December 12, 2019
Pakistan Should End Silence on ‘Disappeared’ Activist
-
December 11, 2019
Afghanistan Papers Detail US Role in Abuse
-
September 6, 2019
Taliban Linked to Murder of Afghan Rights Defender
-
September 4, 2019
Hope for Justice for Murdered Journalist in the Maldives
-
August 31, 2019
A Rough Road Ahead to Peace in Afghanistan
-
July 1, 2019
Afghanistan War’s Terrible Toll on Children
-
June 24, 2019
Essential To Include Reformers In Peace Talks
-
June 18, 2019
Afghan Football Official Should Be Prosecuted
Reports Authored
-
-
“No Forgiveness for People Like You”
Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban
-
“I Thought Our Life Might Get Better”
Implementing Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence against Women Law
-
“You Have No Right to Complain”
Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan
-