Guantánamo Hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Date 

Add to My Calendar Friday, October 28, 2022 11:00am to 12:30pm

Location 

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will appear before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its 185th Period of Sessions for a hearing on the current situation at the Guantánamo Bay prison. U.S. government officials will also participate.

The virtual hearing will be streamed on the IACHR's official Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts.

In 2002, at the request of the Center for Constitutional Rights and CEJIL, the IACHR put in place Precautionary Measures that would protect the rights of detained men, including the right to be treated as prisoners of war and to be free from arbitrary, incommunicado, and prolonged detention, unlawful interrogations, and trials by military commission in which they could be sentenced to the death. The purpose of the hearing is for experts to share with the Commission and the public the current status of these precautionary measures and engage with the United States concerning concrete steps for compliance: in particular, for the closure of Guantánamo. Read more about our Guantánamo advocacy before the IACHR.

 

Last modified 

October 21, 2022