Human Rights Watch joins partners in this brief arguing that the charge of material support for terrorism is not a violation of the laws of war and therefore such a charge falls outside the limited jurisdiction of military commissions.

Amici Curiae Brief submitted in the military commissions case against 9/11 defendents.

Latin American and Caribbean governments should drop their opposition to UN efforts to end executions of juvenile offenders.

Human Rights Watch and JUSTICE submitted this amicus brief to the UK House of Lords in RB and U v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for the Home Department v. OO (Othman), arguing that assurances from countries where torture and ill-treatment are routine are inherently ineffective and undermine the international legal prohibition against returning persons to places where they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.

Human Rights Watch filed an amicus brief in the case of García Méndez, Emilio and Musa, Laura Cristina s/case No. 7537 that is now before the Supreme Court of Argentina. We argue that the system by which Argentine judges authorize the detention of children under 16 years of age in conflict with the law violates international human rights law set forth by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). It also contradicts basic principles outlined in the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules), and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty.

In this submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Human Rights Watch provided information to the Committee on violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the North Korean government.

HRW submits comments to the Law Commission about its report on HIV and AIDS legislation, alerting the Commission to potential concerns and assisting it to strengthen the human rights protections provided by the proposed legislation.