Series V. concerns Fanton’s involvement with Human Rights Watch, where he served as chairman of the board from 1997 until 2003. These folders include correspondence, extensive documents concerning board and committee meetings, and policies, reports and correspondence concerning some of Human Rights Watch’s more controversial decisions during this period, including their condemnation of Israel and their policy on economic, social and cultural rights. The series does not contain documents pertaining to Fanton’s involvement with Helsinki Watch, the predecessor of Human Rights Watch prior to 1988, or Americas Watch, the Helsinki Watch offshoot focused on North and South America that Fanton also worked with.