Look how far we have slid down the slippery slope of human rights abuse.read more

If the Supreme Court eviscerates the Alien Tort Statute, the United States will go from having been a pioneer of universal human rights to an outlier.read more

The Emancipation Proclamation reminds us that the law can be among the most powerful tools in combating involuntary servitude.read more

“We should be willing to pay the price for the freedom that we fight for. And this is the price,” says Nabeel Rajab.read more

Given that we have a budget crisis here, why not cut aid to human rights abusers?read more

When even our friends question our human rights record, we’ve got to clean up our act.read more

Dec. 10 is Human Rights Day, but any gestures the United States makes in commemoration will come across as hollow to me.read more

The next President will have a momentous decision to make: And that is, whether to obey a judge’s decision and release Hamdan, the guy who was just convicted of aiding terrorism for being bin Laden’s read more

The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, came down with a great decision when it affirmed the habeas corpus rights of detainees in Guantanamo.read more