Amicus Brief in Support Of Petitioner O.G.
S259011 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA O.G. Petitioner, vs. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA CO. Respondent; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Real Party Interest. On Review From The Court Of Appeal, Second…
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Oman
Freedom of Expression Oman's Basic Law guarantees freedom of expression, but restricts this right based on "the conditions and circumstances defined by the Law," and prohibits any publication that "leads to public discord, violates the…
Declaration in Support of Access to Guantanamo for UN Torture Expert
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST, THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE, PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, APPEAL FOR JUSTICE, WIN WITHOUT WAR, THE BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE…
Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief on Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences
Submitted before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Human Rights Watch filed an amicus brief in the case of Henry Hill, et al. v. the United States (12.866) that is before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The amicus submission demonstrates in detail how the United States, including the state…
US: Misuse of the Material Witness Statute
Amicus Curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court
Human Rights Watch and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed an amicus brief in the case of Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd before the Supreme Court. The case challenges the US government's misuse of the material witness statute to investigate…
Brief of Amici Curiae Submitted to the United States Court of Military Commissions Review
Seeks to Exclude Material Support for Terrorism Charge from Military Commission Jurisdiction
Human Rights Watch joins partners in this brief arguing that the charge of material support for terrorism is not a violation of the laws of war and therefore such a charge falls outside the limited jurisdiction of military commissions. The brief further…
Latin American, Caribbean States Blocking UN Effort to End Juvenile Executions
(New York, October 28, 2008) – Latin American and Caribbean governments should drop their opposition to UN efforts to end executions of juvenile offenders, Human Rights Watch said today. UN diplomats in New York are debating the juvenile death penalty as…
US: Supreme Court to Review Restrictions on Access to Court for Guantanamo Detainees
Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. US amicus brief
On December 5, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge to the Military Commissions Act of 2006. At stake are provisions in the law that prohibit the 330 Guantanamo Bay detainees – and any other non-citizen the president declares to…
January 5, 2006 News
Brief of Amicus Curiae International Human Rights Organizations
Supreme Court of the United States, January 6, 2006
The detention and military commission systems created by the Executive to hold and try persons seized in the "war on terror" and implemented at the United States Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ("Guantánamo") violate the well-established norms of…
Jama v. INS: Keyse G. Jama, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent
Supreme Court of the United States, No. 03-674, 05/24/04
On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Brief Amici Curiae of International Human Rights Organizations and International Law Professors in Support of the Petitioner "When a country lacks a functioning central…
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