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British Government's Diplomatic Assurances Policy

Human Rights Watch and JUSTICE Amicus Brief to the UK House of Lords

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…
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Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief on Juvenile Detention

Argument to the Supreme Court of Argentina on International Standards on Juvenile Detention

Human Rights Watch filed an amicus brief in the case of García Méndez, Emilio and Musa, Laura Cristina s/case No. 7537 that is now before the Supreme Court of Argentina. We argue that the system by which Argentine judges authorize the detention of…
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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…
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Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief to the ICTR

The case of Fulgence Kayishema

Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the case of Fulgence Kayishema in Opposition to Rule 11bis Transfer. On 25 October 2007, Human Rights Watch (hereinafter “HRW”) filed its request for leave to appear as…
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Amicus Brief in the Case of Yousuf v. Samantar

Argument to the US Court of Appeals on Suing Foreign Torturers in the US

Human Rights Watch filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in the case of Yousuf v. Samantar, which is now before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In the brief, Human Rights Watch argues that when Congress passed the Torture Victim…
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Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief in the Case of Baze v. Rees

Argument to the Supreme Court on the Issue of Lethal Injections in the US

Human Rights Watch filed an amicus brief in the lethal injection case of Baze v. Rees that is now before the Supreme Court. We argue that the Court should interpret the Eighth amendment to meet the human rights requirement that states with the death…
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Brief of Amici Curiae Submitted to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Human Rights Watch and Partner Organizations Submit Brief Detailing Rights Violations Committed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

In an Amici Curiae Brief filed in the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Human Rights Watch and a number of other organizations provide profiles of individual cases that illustrate the unconstitutional nature of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (…
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Lethal Injections in Florida Violate Human Rights

Brief of Amici Curiae in re: Hill v. McDonough

Human Rights Watch joined with other amici insisting that Florida’s protocol for lethal injections violated fundamental human rights prohibitions against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
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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…
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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…