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Nawaf, a 22-year-old Bahraini suspected of collaboration for the Islamic State Group (IS) and currently detained by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), gives an interview at a house near a police station in Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on February 13, 2018.

Shifted Burdens: The U.S. as Detainer of Last Resort

The United States should resist become a detainer of last resort when states refuse to repatriate their nationals being detained in Syria.
A military officer walks from the entrance to Camp VI on June 25, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Status of Guantanamo 17 Years In

Seventeen years ago today, the United States brought twenty Afghan men, alleged to be members of the Taliban or al-Qaeda, to its Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Images of the…

The “ISIS Beatles” and “Non-Territorial” Application of the European Convention of Human Rights

The “ISIS Beatles” litigation in UK courts raises important issues about the geographic reach and content of human rights obligations, in particular those in the European Convention…
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in her office on Capitol Hill on August 21, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Rear Admiral Hutson: Why Senators Should Vote No on Kavanaugh

Why the U.S. military and national security are poorly served by Kavanaugh's support for extreme Presidential Powers.

Guantanamo is No Answer–But Here’s What Can Work

While there are real challenges and difficult tradeoffs to be made, one question should not be difficult at all: nobody should be sent to Guantanamo.  It would be bad policy,…

Brett Kavanaugh and the Risk of a Return to Torture

Brett Kavanaugh, holds a stark view of the role of international law, which could threaten the protection of fundamental human rights, including the right not to be tortured.

The Latest ISIS Casualty? UK’s Principled Opposition to the Death Penalty

Like a dripping corrosive liquid, ISIS and the response it provokes from governments are slowly eating away at key human rights principles. Driven by a desire to appear tough on…

The Challenge of Foreign Assistance for Anti-ISIS Detention Operations

New York Times reporter Charlie Savage last week gave readers a fascinating look inside the makeshift detention facilities where the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)…

“We Could Hold Them for 100 Years If the Conflict Lasts for 100 Years”

Last week, Justice Department lawyer Ronald Wiltsie told a federal district court in Washington, D.C. that the Trump administration is entitled to imprison detainees for 100 years…

The Future of the US Military Commissions: Legal and Policy Issues

The American Bar Association releases significant new report on fate of military commissions at Guantanamo. Judge Jamie Baker and Laura Dickinson served on the Committee and highlight…

The First Transfer of a Guantánamo Prisoner By the Trump Administration

On Wednesday, the Trump administration transferred longtime detainee Ahmed al-Darbi out of Guantánamo Bay. Although al-Darbi isn’t going free, this first transfer of a Guantanamo…

Gina Haspel’s Nomination to Head the CIA: Why the Controversy & What is at Stake?

The Senate has recently confirmed Mike Pompeo to be Secretary of State, after Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) dropped his objections and several Democrats indicated that they would support…
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