October 19, 2011, Surrey, BC —Tomorrow, four individuals who allege they were tortured during George W. Bush’s tenure as president of the United States will lodge a private prosecution in...
On November 20, 2021, closing the weeklong observation of Trans Awareness Week, the world will honor the lives and humanity of all trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming (TNBGNC) people. This...
December 12, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the European Parliament adopted an amendment that calls for the resettlement in European countries of Guantánamo detainees who cannot return to their home...
Nakba Day: This Tuesday will mark 70 years of the Nakba, or the catastrophe, commemorating the forced displacement of Palestinians by the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. It has also...
On Tuesday, September 1st we will be in court representing our Arizona partners, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Phoenix Metro, Mijente Support Committee, Puente Human Rights Movement, and the Arizona...
Legal updates in our family separation lawsuit against ICE In 2018, we filed an emergency case to reunite a father whose then 19-month-old son was forcibly taken from him at the Southern border where...
December 20, 2011, New York – Last night, attorneys for Iraqi torture victims abused in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison and other detention centers in Iraq challenged two private military...
May 31, 2011, WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration struck a blow to the protection of fundamental human rights by recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the case of 250 civilians...
April 16, 2009, New York – In response to President Obama’s statement today that the decision to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Bush officials who committed crimes related to...
May 1, 2013, New York – Today, special rapporteurs from the United Nations and the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a joint...
