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The undersigned members of the Human Rights and Security Coalition write in advance of the 139th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (the “Committee”) and its review of the United States of America (US). This submission addresses the US government’s compliance with obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) with regard to the use of lethal force outside of armed conflict and the detention facility at US Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (“Guantánamo”).

Thirty prisoners remain incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, trapped in various types of legal limbo

U.N. Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, said those responsible for the U.S. “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment of detainees there should be held accountable. By Peoples Dispatch U.N. Special Rapporteur Fionnuala N

Hinting at “Western hypocrisy”, a senior UN official once told a group of reporters, perhaps half-jokingly: “When you go on one of those sight-seeing tours in Europe, they will show you their pa

Copy to Clipboard U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive actions in the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 2021 in Washington, DC (Getty Images) The new administration of President Joe Biden has decided to give coronavirus vaccinations to suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay first and then to the general public. A report by the New York Times stated that the Pentagon will provide the vaccine of the Covid-19 to the inmates of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as soon as next week. Fox News reported it on Thursday, January 28, after getting information from defense officia...