Commentary
Human Rights First staff and board members regularly write articles and give speeches on a range of issues related to human rights post September 11.
Key information missing in McChrystal's recipe to reform detentions
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Foreign Policy October 22, 2009
Hidden justice: do Obama's detention reforms in Afghanistan go far enough?
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published October 18, 2009
Guantanamo detainee al Mutairi's release a welcome blow to government detention power
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
Published in Jurist October 15, 2009
A Law on State Secrets
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First
Letter to the Editor Published in the New York Times October 10, 2009
Not With a Bang, but With a Whimper: Another Day in the Life of Guantanamo Military Commissions
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
Published in the Huffington Post September 24, 2009
A Day in the Life of Guantanamo Military Commissions
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
Published in the Huffington Post September 22, 2009
Obama Administration's detention authority must incorporate law of non-international armed conflict
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
Published in Jurist March 18, 2009
Can It Gitmo Bad Than This?
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First
Published in the Huffington Post July 14, 2009
Obama Administration must define 'enemy combatant' consistent with traditional laws of war
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
Published in Jurist February 17, 2009
Obama must not allow Bagram prison to remain an Afghan version of Guantanamo
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist January 17, 2009
The Hamdan War Crimes Trial: An Illusion of Justice
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist August 6, 2008
Report from Guantánamo: suicidal teen subjected to sleep deprivation
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist June 4, 2008
Report from Guantanamo: Mohammed Jawad is another teen growing up in detention
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist May 19, 2008
Afghanistan's Guantánamo: unfair trials exported
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist April 28, 2008
Report from Guantanamo: prisoner calls prosecution unjust, refuses representation
by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate, Human Rights First
Published in Jurist March 13, 2008
Khadr case illustrates flaws in military commissions
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First
Published October 19, 2007
Military commissions review court misconstruing 'unlawful combatant'
by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First
Published September 25, 2007
Abuse cases in a legal twilight
By Priti Patel
Published in the News and Observer on February 15, 2007
Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
Remarks by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First
International Legal Director, Human Rights First
September 7, 2006 to the International Commission of Jurists, Eminent Jurists Panel
The CIA Torture Loophole
By Priti Patel
Published in the Los Angeles Times on August 18, 2006
Finding Effective Constraints on Executive Power:
Interrogation, Detention, and Torture
By Deborah Pearlstein
Published in the Indiana Law Journal Symposium on "War, Terrorism and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century" in Fall 2006
The Rule of Law
By Michael Posner
Published in the Boston Globe
July 18, 2006
Advantage, Rule of Law
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
June 30, 2006
National Insecurity
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
February 3, 2006
Constitutional and Policy Implications of Military Tribunals for Terrorism Detainees
Remarks
Remarks by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director of Law & Security, Human Rights First,
International Legal Director, Human Rights First
February 2, 2006 at the Boston Federalist Society
Out of the Frying Pan
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
November 22, 2005
Heading toward the 'dark side'
by Elisa Massimino
Published in The Los Angeles Times on
November 21, 2005
The Senate Steps Up
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
October 13, 2005
A Branch More Dangerous
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
September 6, 2005
Close Camp Delta
By Michael Posner
Published in the Baltimore Sun
June 9, 2005
Ammo for the Enemy
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
June 1, 2005
The Rule of Law in the “War on Terror”
Remarks by Deborah Pearlstein
“New Century” Address to the Stanford University Center for International Security & Cooperation
May 3, 2005
Reconciling Torture with Democracy
By Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The NYU Journal of Law and Security
in April 2005
From the Top on Down
by John D. Hutson and James Cullen
Published in Legal Times on
April 18, 2005
Who's Afraid of International Law?
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
April 5, 2005
Laws of Gravity
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
February 24, 2005
Human Rights, Law and Security
Remarks by Michael Posner
Executive Director, Human Rights First
American Bar Association / Center for Human Rights
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 14, 2005
Rights Without a Country
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
January 21, 2005
Objection Overruled
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
November 23, 2004
HRF Deeply Troubled by White House Counsel Gonzales
Nomination to Attorney General
Post
November 10, 2004
Rewarding Bad Behavior
by Deborah Pearlstein
Published in The American Prospect Online on
October 19, 2004
Press Conference on H.R. 10 Section 3032 on Weakening
Protections Against Torture
by Elisa Massimino
Washington Director, Human Rights First
October 5, 2004
Remarks at the International Commission of Jurists' Biennial Conference
by Elisa Massimino
Washington Director, Human Rights First
Berlin, Germany
August 28, 2004
Leading by Example?
U.S. Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror
By Elisa Massimino
Washington Director,
Human Rights First
Waking Up to the Costs of Secrecy
By Eric Biel
Washington, D.C. Office Deputy Director
Human Rights First
Baltimore Sun, July 25, 2004
The Sun Herald, July 23, 2004
The News-Leader, July 27, 2004
The Bergen County Record, July 25, 2004
Justice and the War on Terrorism: Extend high court rulings to
all U.S. detainees
by Robert Gard and Deborah Pearlstein
Lt. Gen. Robert Gard (Ret.) is a consultant on international security and president emeritus of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Deborah Pearlstein is the director of the U.S. Law and Security Program for Human Rights First. She lives in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2004
A Thousand Words
By Deborah Pearlstein
Director U.S. Law and Security Program, Human Rights First
Published in
The American Prospect, July 1, 2004
Whom Do Government Lawyers Serve?
By Philip Allen Lacovara
Human Rights First Board Member, July 2004
Rumsfeld's Actions Speak Louder
Op-Ed by Kerry Kennedy and Michael Posner
Kerry Kennedy is founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights
and author of "Speak Truth to Power." Michael Posner is executive
director of Human Rights First.
Boston Globe, May 15, 2004
Contesting Power Over Guantanamo
Bay: The President
and the Supreme Court
Remarks by Deborah Pearlstein
Director U.S. Law and Security Program, Human Rights First
Cornell University
April 26, 2004
Detained at the Whim of the President
By Deborah Pearlstein
Director U.S. Law and Security Program, Human Rights First Published in
the International Herald Tribune, December 10, 2003
National Security After September 11: A Rights Perspective
Remarks by Michael Posner
Executive Director, Human Rights First
Presented to the American Bar Foundation, San Antonio, Texas
February 7, 2004
Trials and Error
By Philip Allen Lacovara
Board Member, Human Rights First; former deputy solicitor general of the
United States; and former counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Published in The Washington Post, November 12, 2003