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March 19, 2021 News

Amicus Curiae on the Right to Freedom from Gender-Based Harassment and Violence

Honorable Antonio José Lizarazo Ocampo Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Palacio de Justicia Bogotá, D.C. – COLOMBIA Case: 8028404 Subject: Human Rights Watch amicus curiae brief Ximena Casas and Nisha Varia, on behalf of…

July 8, 2020 News

Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief in Hernandez-Roman v. Wolf

Covid-19 and the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center

May 30, 2018 News

Colombia: Amicus Curiae on Access to Abortion

Honorable Cristina Pardo Schlesinger Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Rapporteur of Case T-6.612.909 Case: T-6.612.909 Subject: Human Rights Watch amicus curiae brief …

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 28, 2010 News

US: California Should Reduce Overcrowding in its Prisons

Amicus Curiae provided to the United States Supreme Court in Schwarzenegger v. Plata

INTRODUCTION This case involves ongoing, undisputed, and lethal constitutional violations in the California state prison system. As the lower court found, and the State does not dispute, “the medical and mental health care available to inmates in the…

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…

June 23, 2008 News

Comments to the Malawi Law Commission on the development of HIV and AIDS Legislation

Reverend Joseph Mpinganjira, Chairperson The Malawi Law Commission Sent by facsimile: RE: COMMENTS ON THE REPORT OF THE LAW COMMISSION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIV AND AIDS LEGISLATION Dear Reverend Mpinganjira and members of the Commission:…

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…

November 8, 2005 News

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…

July 31, 2005 News

Brief of Amici Curiae in Goodman v. Georgia

Supreme Court Brief, July 29, 2005

Human rights Watch joined with many other organization to file an amicus brief in Goodman v. State of Georgia et. al. urging the Supreme Court to rule that Title II of the Americans with Disability Act, as applied to prisoners with disabilities, is a…

May 23, 2004 News

Jama v. INS: Keyse G. Jama, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent

Supreme Court of the United States, No. 03-674, 05/24/04

On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Brief Amici Curiae of International Human Rights Organizations and International Law Professors in Support of the Petitioner "When a country lacks a functioning central…

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