Report

State of Affairs: Three Years After Nisoor Square

August 31, 2010

On September 16, 2007, Blackwater Worldwide (now Xe) private security contractors working for the U.S. Department of State killed 17 unarmed civilians and wounded 24…

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Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases

May 31, 2010

Habeas is working. The judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have ably responded to the Supreme Court’s call to review…

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Denial and Delay: The Impact of the Immigration Law’s “Terrorism Bars” on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United States

October 31, 2009

Since 2001, U.S. immigration policy changes intended to protect the United States from terrorists are hurting thousands of legitimate refugees who pose no threat to…

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Fixing Bagram: Strengthening Detention Reforms to Align with U.S. Strategic Priorities

October 31, 2009

Eight years after launching Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan—with a mission to kill and capture “high-value” al Qaeda and Taliban members and destroy the…

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The Case Against a Special Terrorism Court

March 8, 2009

Terrorist suspects should be prosecuted in the federal criminal courts. The federal criminal justice system has a proven track record of success in international terrorism…

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2008 Hate Crime Survey: Systems Of Monitoring And Reporting

March 16, 2008

Executive Summary

An effective government response to violent hate crimes is difficult, if not impossible, without a clear picture of the extent of the problem,…

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2008 Hate Crime Survey: Framework Of Criminal Law

March 16, 2008

Executive Summary

While governments have an obligation to combat all crime, the hate crime concept is a simple acknowledgement of the greater seriousness of crimes…

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2008 Hate Crime Survey

March 16, 2008

The 2008 Hate Crime Survey includes sections examining six facets of violent hate crime in the 56 countries that comprise the Organization for Security and Cooperation in…

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