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About David Mepham

David Mepham is UK director of Human Rights Watch. He was formerly associate director of the Institute of Public Policy Research, and head of policy and advocacy at Save the Children UK

Articles by David Mepham

Saturday 17th December

Syria’s guilty men

David Mepham, 17 December 2011
The violent repression of citizens in Syria is escalating, and can now be linked to named officials of the regime. This reinforces the case for concerted international pressure to end the suffering, says David Mepham.
Thursday 11th August

South Africa: rights, accountability and maternal mortality

David Mepham, 11 August 2011
A study of the healthcare environment of expectant mothers in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa reveal severe problems that both the national government and overseas donors should address, says David Mepham.
Friday 10th August

Gordon Brown’s foreign-policy challenges

David Mepham and David Held, 10 August 2007
Britain's new prime minister must restore the country's battered global reputation - here's how
Monday 11th September

Darfur and the 'responsibility to protect'

David Mepham, 11 September 2006
The international community has run out of excuses - but not options - in Darfur, says David Mepham.
Tuesday 29th August

The next United Nations leader: a time for transparency

David Mepham, 29 August 2006
The appointment of Kofi Annan's successor is imminent. The incumbent has done well, the candidates are serious – but the system for choosing the world's figurehead must be reformed, says David Mepham.
Wednesday 1st February

Hamas and political reform in the middle east

David Mepham, 1 February 2006
The lesson of Palestine's election is that the international community should become more serious and sophisticated about political reform in the middle east, says David Mepham of the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Monday 19th September

A mixed-bag summit

David Mepham, 19 September 2005
The United Nations world summit disappointed optimists, but was its outcome so bad? David Mepham reads between the lines for a deeper assessment.
Thursday 10th February

Accountability in Africa: whose problem?

David Mepham, 10 February 2005
Harmful western policies too often reinforce the damage that many African regimes inflict on their own people. 2005 can and must be a year of change, writes David Mepham.
Wednesday 9th June

David Held's missing links

David Mepham, 9 June 2004
David Held’s impressively ambitious perspective on globalisation underplays three important factors, says David Mepham.
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