Detention

To be an effective leader, the United States must honor its commitments under the Convention Against Torture.

Recent rulings may force countries to reckon with their denial of due process to the accused and justice to the victims.

"It’s been an uncharacteristically Guantanamo-news-filled few weeks – some good, some bad, some ugly. Here’s a quick rundown of recent developments."

There is more bipartisan consensus than ever before that military commissions have failed to provide justice for 9/11 families. Plea deals are a way out. The only thing standing…

The annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer focuses attention on an increasingly frequent tool of autocrats: targeting their opponents' lawyers.

"The prison continues to cause profound and escalating damage to the aging and increasingly ill men still detained indefinitely there, most without charge and none having received…

One big disappointing omission and otherwise a mixed bag from the standpoint of winding down the United States’ forever wars -- despite leaders of both parties having proclaimed…

The U.S. should finally resolve the single most important 9/11 case with a plea deal that provides finality for victims' families.

Iranians continue to protest discriminatory rules in a bid to achieve gender equality.

"No nation ever has and no nation ever will . . . torture their way to security."

This week, the Biden administration agreed to swap Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai for the freedom of U.S. citizen Mark Frerichs, who the Taliban held in captivity for the last…

Despite its shortcomings, the ECHR decision on repatriation of alleged IS family members from Syria marks an important turning point.