(New York, October 28, 2008) – Latin American and Caribbean governments should drop their opposition to UN efforts to end executions of juvenile offenders, Human Rights Watch said today. UN diplomats in New York are debating the juvenile death penalty as…

The British government has sought to deport terrorism or national security suspects in reliance on diplomatic assurances against torture from the men's home governments. In two important cases to be heard in October 2008-RB and U v. Secretary of State…

Canadian immigration law provides for the issuance of "security certificates" in national security cases. Such certification by the executive authorizes the government to detain a person—suspected of being a threat to the security of Canada—for an…

Brief Amici Curiae of Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch in Support of Petitioners "In 1995, in two writ petitions filed before the Supreme Court of India, Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab vs. State of…