Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief in Hernandez-Roman v. Wolf
Covid-19 and the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center
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US: Misuse of the Material Witness Statute
Amicus Curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court
Human Rights Watch and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed an amicus brief in the case of Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd before the Supreme Court. The case challenges the US government's misuse of the material witness statute to investigate…
Report Card on President Obama’s First 100 Days
As a candidate, Barack Obama signaled his clear intention to break with the Bush administration's abusive counterterrorism policies. Once sworn in as president, Obama immediately issued executive orders that set a course toward reform.
Human Rights…
Additional Submission on US Compliance with the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict
This submission by Human Rights Watch supplements the November 2007 submission by the US Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. It reflects new information and developments related to the United States and children involved in armed conflict between…
US: Supreme Court to Review Restrictions on Access to Court for Guantanamo Detainees
Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. US amicus brief
On December 5, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge to the Military Commissions Act of 2006. At stake are provisions in the law that prohibit the 330 Guantanamo Bay detainees – and any other non-citizen the president declares to…
Brief of Amicus Curiae International Human Rights Organizations
Supreme Court of the United States, January 6, 2006
The detention and military commission systems created by the Executive to hold and try persons seized in the “war on terror” and implemented at the United States Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (“Guantánamo”) violate the well-established norms of…
Amicus Curiae Brief : Open Society Institute v. United States Agency for International Development
Negative Impact on Public Health Interventions by Mandatory Anti-Prostitution Pledge
The Open Society Institute (OSI) and DKT International have recently initiated two separate but similar lawsuits against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regarding the so-called “anti-prostitution pledge” in legislation…
Fact Sheet: Past U.S. Criticism of Military Tribunals
(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…