New Chairs to Lead Human Rights Watch Board

Expand Human Rights Watch Board of Directors named co-chairs Amy Rao (L) and Neil Rimer. (New York) – Tech entrepreneur and human rights activist Amy Rao will lead the international board of directors at Human Rights Watch, succeeding co-chairs Hassan Elmasry and Robert Kissane in October 2019. In 2020, Neil Rimer, a Human Rights Watch board member since 2009, will join her as co-chair. Rao takes on this role as we confront major threats to human rights, including the rise of authoritarian populist leaders, the climate crisis, wartime atrocities, and the record 65 million people displaced…

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