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May 12, 2016 News

Declaration in Support of Access to Guantanamo for UN Torture Expert

DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST, THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE, PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, APPEAL FOR JUSTICE, WIN WITHOUT WAR, THE BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE…

January 28, 2011 News

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…

October 26, 2009 News

Brief of Amici Curiae Submitted to the United States Court of Military Commissions Review

Seeks to Exclude Material Support for Terrorism Charge from Military Commission Jurisdiction

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. The brief further…

April 22, 2008 News

US Government’s Diplomatic Assurances Policy

Amicus Brief to the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Khouzam v. Secretary Chertoff, et al.

Despite evidence that he would be tortured on return, the US government seeks to deport Sameh Sami S. Khouzam to Egypt on the basis of diplomatic assurances from the Egyptian government that Khouzam will not be tortured in Egyptian custody. Human Rights…

February 19, 2008 News

US: Supreme Court to Review Habeas Challenges of US Dual Citizens Held in Military Custody in Iraq

Geren v. Omar and Munaf v. Geren amicus brief

On March 25, 2008, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of two US citizens currently detained by the US military in Iraq, and whom the US wants to turn over to Iraqi authorities for further detention and proseuction. At issue is the…

August 28, 2007 News

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…

January 5, 2006 News

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…

January 13, 2004 News

Rasul v. Bush: Shafiq Rasul, et al., Petitioners, v. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al.,Respondents. And Fa

Supreme Court of the United States, Nos. 03-334 and 03-343, 01/14/04

On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The District Of Columbia Circuit, Brief of Amici Curiae Bipartisan Coalition of National and International Non-Governmental Organizations in Support of Petitioners "The Petitioners in this…

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