Press
Press Releases and Advisories
Chronological
Thematic
Detainees and the "War on Terror"
Racial Profiling and the "War on Terror"
Caste Discrimination
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Transitional Justice
Project on Extrajudicial Executions
Chronological
Rights Groups Launch Groundbreaking Report on Right to Water in Haiti (June 23, 2008)
- Full report: Wòch Nan Soley: The Denial of the Right to Water in Haiti (June 2008)
CIA Acknowledges it Has More Than 7000 Documents Relating to Secret Detention Program, Rendition, and Torture (April 23, 2008)
Groundbreaking Report on Cast Discrimination in Nepal (April 21, 2007)
- Full report: Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit Rights in Nepal’s New Constitution (April 2008)
World Economic Forum Names Paul Van Zyl a 2008 Young Global Leader (March 11, 2008)
CHRGJ and HRW report highlights "Business: Rights at Risk in the Global Economy Companies Harm Human Rights Worldwide" (February 19, 2008)
- Full report: On the Margins of Profit: Rights at Risk in the Global Economy (February 2008)
Federal Court Urged to Pursue Justice against ‘Torture Flights’ Provider Jeppesen (February 5, 2008)
CHRGJ Releases Unprecedented Testimony about CIA “Black Sites” (December 17, 2007)
- Full report: Surviving the Darkness: Testimony from the U.S. “Black Sites” (December 2007)
Leading Human Rights Groups Name 39 CIA "Disappeared" Detainees; 3 File Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Information (June 7, 2007)
- Full report: Off the Record: U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the " War on Terror" (June 2007)
Government Fails to End Caste-Based Segregation and Attacks (February 13, 2007)
- Full report: 'Hidden Apartheid': Caste Discrimination Against India's "Untouchables" (2007)
Profiled Immigrants Delayed Years in Seeking Citizenship (April 25, 2007)
- Full report: Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the " War on Terror" (2007)
International Human Rights Clinic Seeks Information about Disappeared Persons (August 15, 2006)
NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Urges Review of U.K. "Shoot-to-Kill" Policy On Anniversary of de Menezes?Death (July 21, 2006)
Minorities Will Bear the Brunt of "Shoot-To-Kill" Policies (May 10, 2006)
- Full report: Irreversible Consequences: Racial Profiling and Lethal Force in the "War on Terror" (May 2006)
More Than 600 U.S. Personnel Implicated in Detainee Abuse (April 26, 2006)
- Full report: Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project (Joint HRW, HRF, CHRGJ Report: By The Numbers£©(April 2006)
States Must Investigate Allegations of Torture Assistance (February 28, 2006)
- Full report: Enabling Torture: International Law Applicable to State Participation in the Unlawful Activities of Other States (February 2006)
U.S. to Make Decision in Indian Extradition Case (December 27, 2005) (hyperlink to PDF provided)
United States Must Clarify Fate of 28 Individuals (December 17, 2005) (hyperlink to PDF provided)
- Full report: Fate and Whereabouts Unknown: Detainees in the "War on Terror" (December 2005)
Dalits at High Risk of Torture in Nepal: CHRGJ Urges Investigation by the U.N. Committee Against Torture (November 8, 2005)
- Full statement: CHRGJ Statement on Nepal to the U.N. Committee Against Torture (November 8, 2005)
CHRGJ Releases Report on Caste Discrimination in Nepal (August 11, 2005)
- Full report: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Caste Discrimination and the Conflict in Nepal (2005)
- Report launch: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Caste Discrimination and the Conflict in Nepal (August 11, 2005)
- Photo gallery: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Photo Gallery
CHRGJ Releases Report on Continued Outsourcing of Torture (June 28, 2005)
- Full report: Beyond Guantánamo: Transfers to Torture One Year After Rasul v. Bush (June 2005)
CHRGJ Endorses Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act (February 22, 2005)
CHRGJ Releases Report on Extraordinary Rendition (October 29, 2004)
- Full report: Torture by Proxy: International and Domestic Law Applicable to "Extraordinary Renditions" (2004)
To access the latest press releases and statements of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, click here.
Thematic
Detainees and the "War on Terror"
Federal Court Urged to Pursue Justice against ‘Torture Flights’ Provider Jeppesen (February 5, 2008)
CHRGJ Releases Unprecedented Testimony about CIA “Black Sites” (December 17, 2007)
- Full report: Surviving the Darkness: Testimony from the U.S. “Black Sites” (December 2007)
Leading Human Rights Groups Name 39 CIA "Disappeared" Detainees; 3 File Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Information (June 7, 2007)
- Full report: Off the Record: U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the " War on Terror" (June 2007)
International Human Rights Clinic Seeks Information about Disappeared Persons (August 15, 2006)
More Than 600 U.S. Personnel Implicated in Detainee Abuse (April 26, 2006)
- Full report: Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project (Joint HRW, HRF, CHRGJ Report: By The Numbers) (April 2006)
States Must Investigate Allegations of Torture Assistance (February 28, 2006)
- Full report: Enabling Torture: International Law Applicable to State Participation in the Unlawful Activities of Other States (February 2006)
U.S. to Make Decision in Indian Extradition Case (December 27, 2005) (hyperlink to PDF provided)
United States Must Clarify Fate of 28 Individuals (December 17, 2005) (hyperlink to PDF provided)
- Full report: Fate and Whereabouts Unknown: Detainees in the "War on Terror" (December 2005)
CHRGJ Releases Report on Continued Outsourcing of Torture (June 28, 2005)
- Full report: Beyond Guantánamo: Transfers to Torture One Year After Rasul v. Bush (June 2005)
CHRGJ Endorses Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act (February 22, 2005)
CHRGJ Releases Report on Extraordinary Rendition (October 29, 2004)
- Full report: Torture by Proxy: International and Domestic Law Applicable to "Extraordinary Renditions" (2004)
Racial Profiling and the "War on Terror"
Profiled Immigrants Delayed Years in Seeking Citizenship (April 25, 2007)
- Full report: Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the " War on Terror" (2007)
NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Urges Review of U.K. "Shoot-to-Kill" Policy On Anniversary of de Menezes Death (July 21, 2006)
Minorities Will Bear the Brunt of "Shoot-To-Kill" Policies (May 10, 2006)
- Full report: Irreversible Consequences: Racial Profiling and Lethal Force in the "War on Terror" (May 2006)
Caste Discrimination
Groundbreaking Report on Cast Discrimination in Nepal (April 21, 2007)
- Full report: Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit Rights in Nepal’s New Constitution (April 2008)
Government Fails to End Caste-Based Segregation and Attacks (February 13, 2007)
- Full report: 'Hidden Apartheid': Caste Discrimination Against India's "Untouchables" (2007)
Dalits at High Risk of Torture in Nepal: CHRGJ Urges Investigation by the U.N. Committee Against Torture (November 8, 2005)
- Full statement: CHRGJ Statement on Nepal to the U.N. Committee Against Torture (2005)
CHRGJ Releases Report on Caste Discrimination in Nepal (August 11, 2005)
- Full report: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Caste Discrimination and the Conflict in Nepal (2005)
- Overview: Overview of the Report Launch: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Caste Discrimination and the Conflict in Nepal
- Photo gallery: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Photo Gallery
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Rights Groups Launch Groundbreaking Report on Right to Water in Haiti (June 23, 2008)
- Full report: Wòch Nan Soley: The Denial of the Right to Water in Haiti (June 2008)
CHRGJ and HRW report highlights "Business: Rights at Risk in the Global Economy Companies Harm Human Rights Worldwide" (February 19, 2008)
- Full report: On the Margins of Profit: Rights at Risk in the Global Economy (February 2008)
Transitional Justice
World Economic Forum Names Paul Van Zyl a 2008 Young Global Leader (March 11, 2008)
Project on Extrajudicial Executions
To access the latest press releases and statements of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, click here.
