Aug. 25, 2024 - WCL Human Rights Brief Blog

Forever Detained: Guantanamo Bay, Taliban Detainees, and the United States’ Obligation to Release Detainees

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By Jacob Tucker JD Candidate, American University Washington College of Law ’24 This article will examine the United States’ obligation under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law to repatriate, or otherwise release, Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. The Bush Administration failed to correctly apply international humanitarian law (IHL), specifically provisions of […]

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The Impeding Impact of Castro-Huerta on Gender-Based Violence Against Native American Women in the United States

By Jazzmen Fobbs- JD/MA Candidate, American University Washington College of Law ’25 I. Introduction Article 7 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides that “[i]ndigenous individuals have the rights to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person.”[1] Native American women and girls in the United States face a