A submission has just been filed with the UN Human Rights Committee in relation to US compliance with its ICCPR obligations. It draws particular attention to the plight of Abu Zubaydah who case epitomizes many of the worst ongoing problems of #arbitrarydetention and #torture at #Guantanamo.
His release, reparation and reckoning with the past are - or should be - urgent priorities. The submission is made in advance of the UNHRC’s periodic review of the United States in October 2023.
The brief was submitted in collaboration with the UCLA’s Promise Institute.