torture

Judge Aileen Cannon found that Attorney General Merrick Garland had no power to appoint Jack Smith as a special counsel, dismissing the case.

Compliance with international humanitarian law must be about fulfilling its humanitarian purpose, not skirting its limits.

More than 56,000 people, including 30,000 children, are being held with US support and many face systematic torture and grossly inhumane conditions.

Practical steps, based on the Mendez Principles, promote ethical, more effective practices to end torture and reduce crime and violence.

Lasantha’s murder, and the government’s failure to meaningfully investigate it, is a potent illustration of the importance and necessity of holding the perpetrators of crimes…

Guantanamo continues to cause profound damage both inside and outside of its walls. The steps to close the facility are there for the taking.

As we mark the 22nd anniversary of Guantanamo, we have an obligation to look to the long-term to support the victims of torture.

A court decision confirmed the conviction of ex-President and previous junta leader Desi Bouterse for the 1982 murders of 15 political prisoners.

Perhaps no one is better equipped to consider the impact of counterterrorism on human rights than Fionnuala Ní Aoláin. This is Part 1 of a special two-part conversation.

By our count, the Human Rights Committee asked over 20 questions related to U.S. torture and/or the Guantanamo detention facility during the United States' ICCPR periodic review.…

With the "Pinochet Precedent," the principle of universal jurisdiction can provide justice for victims of other dictatorial regimes.

As the case moves to the next stage, their voices must be central in the case that Canada and the Netherlands have put before the Court.