Detention

The US could still change course to salvage the relationship, advance mutual interests, and expand overlapping values.

A powerful and compassionate call for the U.S. government to honor plea agreements, end military commissions, close Guantánamo, and give justice to 9/11 families and Guantánamo…

The capture raises a host of issues on detention and prosecution of terrorists in areas where the US does not have a large ground presence.

Any policy on civilian protection that lack a robust plan for working with partners would be incomplete. New frameworks, tools, and capabilities are needed to support partners…

Urgent action is needed to rein in this part of DHS that has too much power and is subject to too little oversight.

"I do not read the recent decision ... as much of a victory for the government," writes Joseph Margulies. "In fact, I think it’s a loss for the Biden administration poorly disguised…

The myth of facial neutrality ignores how racism and other prejudices shape national security policy.

To the extent that political concerns with moving aggressively toward Guantanamo closure were at one time persuasive among some executive branch officials, they shouldn’t be…

In a much anticipated brief, the government categorically rejected the use of statements obtained through torture in military commissions and promised not to admit any statements…

An exceedingly rare public statement by the ICRC calls on the Biden administration to get serious about Guantanamo transfers.

After 20 years of Guantánamo litigation, legal questions around detention authority and due process still remain.

An outline of steps to end the policy of law of war detention, close Guantanamo, and end one of the grimmest chapters of the endless war era.