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March 4, 2020 News

Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Canada

87th pre-session

We write in advance of the 87th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child relating to Canada’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission focuses on the immigration detention of children in Canada. …

October 25, 2010 News

US: Khadr Sentencing Should Reflect Juvenile Status

(New York) - The military commission sentencing jury at Guantanamo should fully take into account Omar Khadr's status as a former child soldier captured when he was 15, Human Rights Watch said today. According to media reports, Khadr accepted a plea deal…

January 12, 2009 News

Leading Rights Groups Urge Obama to Stop Guantanamo Proceedings Against Child Soldiers

(Washington, DC, January 12, 2009) - Five leading human rights and civil liberties groups delivered a letter to President-elect Barack Obama on January 12, 2009, urging him to suspend the Guantanamo Bay military commissions and to ensure that the upcoming…

January 12, 2009 News

Letter to President-elect Obama

Letter urging Obama to drop military commissions charges against Guantanamo detainee Khadr

President-elect Barack Obama Obama-Biden Transition Project Washington, DC 20720 Dear President-elect Obama: We write to you regarding Omar Khadr, the 22-year-old Canadian national slated to be tried by military commission at Guantanamo for…

October 28, 2008 News

Latin American, Caribbean States Blocking UN Effort to End Juvenile Executions

(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…

February 5, 2008 News

US: Don’t Misrepresent Human Rights Watch to Justify Guantanamo Trials

Contrary to US Claims, Human Rights Watch Opposes Khadr Prosecution

The US government fundamentally misrepresented Human Rights Watch’s position to justify its prosecution of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen facing charges for war crimes allegedly committed when he was just 15, Human Rights Watch said today. Responding to…

February 1, 2008 News

US: Stop Unfair Trial of Guantanamo Youth

Transfer Omar Khadr to Federal Court or Return Him to Canada

The United States should try Omar Khadr, a Guantanamo detainee arrested when he was 15 years old, in a court that meets juvenile justice and fair trial standards or repatriate him to Canada for rehabilitation, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International,…

February 1, 2008 News

Canada: Intervene on Behalf of Canadian Citizen at Guantanamo

Canada should formally request that the United States transfer a Canadian citizen at Guantanamo, who was arrested when he was 15, to a court that meets juvenile justice and fair trial standards or repatriate him to Canada for rehabilitation, Human Rights…

February 1, 2008 News

Letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Omar Khadr

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Via Facsimile Dear Prime Minister Harper: We write regarding Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen whom the United States government has detained at Guantanamo…

February 1, 2008 News

Letter to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Omar Khadr

Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301 Via Facsimile Dear Secretary Gates: We write regarding Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen whom the United States government has detained…

November 8, 2007 News

US: Guantanamo Judge Allows Military Commissions to Proceed in Khadr Case

A military judge today allowed the controversial military commissions at Guantanamo Bay to go forward without hearing evidence as to whether or not Omar Khadr, a 21-year-old Canadian who has been in US custody for more than five years, met the definition…

November 5, 2007 News

US: Makeshift Military Commissions Rules Unfair

Trial of Canadian Youth Should Be Transferred to Federal Court

Ad hoc US military commission rules for the trial of Omar Ahmed Khadr, the 21-year-old Canadian who has been detained at Guantanamo since he was 15, are grossly unfair, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called for Khadr’s trial to be moved…

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Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Canada

US: Khadr Sentencing Should Reflect Juvenile Status

Leading Rights Groups Urge Obama to Stop Guantanamo Proceedings Against Child Soldiers

Letter to President-elect Obama

Latin American, Caribbean States Blocking UN Effort to End Juvenile Executions

US: Don’t Misrepresent Human Rights Watch to Justify Guantanamo Trials

US: Stop Unfair Trial of Guantanamo Youth

Canada: Intervene on Behalf of Canadian Citizen at Guantanamo

Letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Omar Khadr

Letter to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Omar Khadr

US: Guantanamo Judge Allows Military Commissions to Proceed in Khadr Case

US: Makeshift Military Commissions Rules Unfair

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