Detention
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9/11 Families Pursuing Justice Call for Majid Khan’s Plea Agreement to Be Fulfilled
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…

Al-Kurdi Capture Raises Thorny Detention Issues
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.

Don’t Forget Your Friends: Risks and Opportunities in Security Partnerships
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…

Mayorkas Must Rein in Homeland Security Investigations
Urgent action is needed to rein in this part of DHS that has too much power and is subject to too little oversight.

In US v. Husayn (Abu Zubaydah), the Supreme Court Calls Torture What It Is
"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…

80 Years After Executive Order 9066, the Supreme Court Still Shuts Its Eyes to Reality
The myth of facial neutrality ignores how racism and other prejudices shape national security policy.

Biden’s Guantanamo Politics are not Obama’s
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…

Biden Team Gets It Right on Inadmissibility of Torture Evidence in Al-Nashiri Case
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…

A Rare Public Wake-Up Call from the ICRC on Guantanamo Transfers
An exceedingly rare public statement by the ICRC calls on the Biden administration to get serious about Guantanamo transfers.

Cutting Edge Issues in Year 20 of the Guantánamo Habeas Litigation
After 20 years of Guantánamo litigation, legal questions around detention authority and due process still remain.

There Is a Way to Close Guantanamo
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.

Defending the Rule of Law Requires Ending Guantanamo Detention
After 20 years, continued Guantanamo detention is unjustifiable.