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Comments on the Draft Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism

This document was submitted to the Council of Europe's Committee on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Related Issues, with comments on the Additional Protocol of the Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism.

March 24, 2015
First page of PDF with filename: comments-coe-terrorism-protocol-20160217.pdf
Report

Death by Drone

The U.S. has secretly been using drones to conduct targeted killings in Yemen since 2002. Using on-the-ground research, this report details civilian casualties caused by nine such attacks, carried out between 2012 and 2014.

April 2015
First page of PDF with filename: death-drones-report-eng-20150413.pdf
Briefing Paper

IACHR: Submission to Hearings on Right to Information and U.S. Surveillance

An analysis of United States' government surveillance practices within the framework of international human rights law and prevailing global standards.

October 2013 | Emi MacLean
First page of PDF with filename: IACHR hearing on US surveillance - 10 28 2013.pdf
Briefing Paper

UNHRC: Submission to Periodic Review of the United States

An analysis of United States' compliance with Article 19 of the Universal Declartion of Human Rights in the area of national security.

February 2014
First page of PDF with filename: Submission to UNHRC Re US Feb 2014 - final.pdf
Fact Sheet

Time Line: Al-Nashiri v. Poland at the European Court of Human Rights

A time line of events in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri against the government of Poland, over its role in his rendition, secret detention and torture on Polish soil by the CIA.

November 2013
First page of PDF with filename: nashiri-echr-timeline-11252013_0.pdf
Report

We’re Tired of Taking You to the Court: Human Rights Abuses by Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit

This report presents credible allegations of extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses by Kenya’s specialist anti-terrorism police unit.

November 20, 2013
First page of PDF with filename: human-rights-abuses-by-kenya-atpu-20140220.pdf
Briefing Paper

Case Digests: The European Debt Crisis and Human Rights

Read summaries of important decisions related to the European Debt Crisis, including statements from UN and Council of Europe officials, and decisions of national and regional courts.

August 2013
First page of PDF with filename: case-digests-debt-crisis-human-rights-20130802.pdf
Fact Sheet

The Tshwane Principles on National Security and the Right to Information: An Overview in 15 Points

A 15-point summary of the Tshwane Principles, which address the question of how to ensure public access to government information without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to combat national security threats.

June 2013
First page of PDF with filename: tshwane-principles-15-points-09182013.pdf
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