Helsinki Watch wata kungiya ce mai zaman kanta ta Amurka wacce Robert L. Bernstein ya kafa (ya mutu a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 2019 yana da shekaru 96 a duniya saboda gazawar numfashi ) a cikin 1978, an tsara shi don saka idanu kan tsohon Tarayyar Soviet ta bi yarjejeniyar Helsinki ta 1975. Fadada girmanta da girmanta, Helsinki Watch ta fara amfani da labaran kafafen yada labarai don rubuta bayanan take hakkin dan adam da gwamnatocin cin zarafi suka aikata. Tun lokacin da aka kafa ta, ta samar da wasu kwamitocin sa ido da yawa waɗanda aka keɓe don sa ido kan haƙƙin ɗan adam a wasu sassan duniya. A cikin shekarata 1988, Helsinki Watch da kwamitocin sahiban abokanta suka haɗu suka kafa Human Rights Watch Bayan yarjejeniyar kasashen duniya da ta kafa yarjejeniyar Helsinki a shekarar 1975, an kafa Helsinki Watch don tabbatar da kasashen Gabashin Bloc da ke fama da mummunan yakin basasa sun bi abubuwan da aka kafa tun farko a yarjejeniyar Helsinki .