Human Rights and Counterterrorism
"(T)here are serving U.S. flag-rank officers who maintain that the first and second identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq – as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat – are, respectively the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo.
– Alberto Mora, former Navy general counsel
Featured Resource: DoJ Statistics on Unsealed International Terrorism and Terrorism-Related Convictions
Featured Publication: Past the Deadline on Guantánamo
Published January 25, 2010
On his second day in office, President Obama signed an executive order that reflects recommendations put forth in Closing Guantánamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint, a report of the CSIS Working Group on Guantánamo and Detention Policy. The President’s action is a powerful and dramatic first step toward closing the detention facility.
CSIS launched the Human Rights and Counterterrorism project in summer 2007 as a collaborative effort between human rights, legal and counterterrorism communities. The project seeks to develop policy recommendations that uphold both human rights standards and international law while keeping citizens safe in the United States and Europe.
