Philippe Bolopion is returning to lead Human Rights Watch at a time which he described as “a perfect storm for the human rights movement.”
With democratic freedoms declining globally and geopolitical tensions rising, the longtime HRW insider said the organization must refocus on its core mission at a moment when “the entire human rights project is in peril.”
Bolopion, 52, first began his career as a journalist covering the United Nations during the optimistic early 2000s.