Topic: International Crimes

Litigation

Big Brother Watch v. United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights held that the UK’s bulk interception regime violated the right to privacy for its lack of sufficient oversight and safeguards.

Last update: June 19, 2017
Litigation

State Attorney of Israel v. Breaking the Silence

An Israeli NGO, Breaking the Silence, opposed a demand from the government to hand over documentation that would expose its confidential sources.

Last update: October 18, 2016
Litigation

Vereda La Esperanza v. Colombia

States must conduct effective investigations into serious violations of human rights committed during armed conflict.

Last update: July 27, 2016
Litigation

United States v. Private First Class Chelsea Manning

The 35-year prison sentence handed down to Private First Class Chelsea Manning by a United States military court in August 2013 far exceeded international legal norms.

Last update: May 19, 2016
Litigation

Al-Waheed and Ministry of Defence

This case considers whether the detention of prisoners by UK troops in a non-international conflict should be governed by human rights law, or the laws of war.

Last update: February 07, 2016
Litigation

Etxebarria v. Spain

A challenge to Spain’s anti-terrorism detention regulations argues that holding two suspects incommunicado without independent legal and medical advice created conditions for abuse.

Last update: October 06, 2014
Litigation

Girleanu v. Romania

A Romanian journalist was temporarily detained, charged, and fined for having confidential information related to national security in his possession.

Last update: August 26, 2014
Litigation

Executive Decree 1129

Peru’s Constitutional Court is now reviewing a constitutional challenge of an executive decree classifying as secret all information related to security and national defense.

Last update: March 14, 2014
Litigation

Human Rights Monitoring Institute v. Republic of Lithuania

The Lithuanian Customs Department refused to disclose information that might have exposed its complicity in the CIA's rendition, detention and torture programs.

Last update: February 27, 2013
Litigation

Al-Nashiri v. Romania

The complaint calls for a proper investigation into Romania's responsibility for the CIA's abuse of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri at a secret prison on its territory and other violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Last update: December 19, 2018
Litigation

Al-Nashiri v. Poland

The ECHR ruled in favor of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, finding that Poland had allowed his illegal rendition, detention and torture at a secret prision run by the CIA.

Last update: August 29, 2014
Litigation

El-Masri v. Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Khaled El-Masri in his complaint over Macedonia's involvement in his extraordinary rendition and torture by the CIA.

Last update: July 15, 2012
Litigation

El Sharkawi v. Arab Republic of Egypt

Mohammed El Sharkawi was detained without trial under Egypt's Emergency Law for nearly 16 years, and tortured in custody. Since his release, there has been no acknowledgement that his detention violated human rights.

Last update: July 22, 2011
Litigation

Open Society Justice Initiative v. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) et al.

The Justice Initiative seeks the public release by U.S. government agencies of all documents related to the brutal murder in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian dissident writer and editor, and a U.S. permanent resident.

Last update: February 17, 2021
Litigation

Hanan v. Germany

In 2016, Abdul Hanan, the father of the two boys killed in a German airstrike in Afghanistan, filed a complaint before the European Court for Human Rights alleging that Germany had not conducted an effective investigation into the attack.

Press release

Open Society Justice Initiative Sues U.S. Government for Khashoggi Records

A lawsuit filed in federal court in the South District of New York seeks the immediate release of government records relating to the killing of U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

January 09, 2019
Press release

Freedom of Information Filing Seeks Disclosure of CIA Records on Khashoggi Killing

The CIA and other agencies should release records for a public evaluation of the federal government’s efforts to investigate and hold accountable those responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.

December 04, 2018
Press release

European Rights Court Rejects Romania’s Challenge to CIA Secret Prison Ruling

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the Romanian government’s bid to challenge the court’s May 2018 ruling that Romania illegally hosted a secret CIA prison on its territory.

October 15, 2018
Press release

European Court Finds Romania Hosted CIA Secret Prison

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Romanian government to investigate the secret detention, rendition, and torture of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, and to punish those responsible.

May 31, 2018
Press release

Macedonia Issues Apology for Involvement in Torture by CIA

Macedonia has formally apologized to a man it unlawfully seized, held incommunicado, and handed over to the CIA. This is a welcome development, but an apology is not enough.

April 03, 2018
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