New Guantanamo Report to be Issued Tuesday, Nov. 10, at National Press Club

The National Press Club posts the following notice:

WASHINGTON, D.C., 9 November 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will release its report The Human Rights Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The report contains the findings of the comprehensive assessment conducted by ODIHR from 2012 to 2015 of the human rights situation of the detainees since the opening of the detention facility. It analyzes the compliance with OSCE commitments and other international human rights standards and, as applicable, international humanitarian law of conditions and treatment in the Guantanamo facility and of proceedings before the military commissions. It also explores challenges related to the closure of the facility and accountability and redress for human rights violations that may have occurred in the Guantanamo context.
At the event, experts from the ODIHR Human Rights Department, responsible for the production of the report, will outline its main findings and recommendations, as well as challenges for and possible future steps toward the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo.
Answering questions about the report’s contents will be Omer Fisher, Deputy-Head of the ODIHR Human Rights Department, and Lucile Sengler Adviser on Anti-Terrorism Issues, ODIHR’s Human Rights Department.

Journalists are invited to attend the news conference on Tuesday, November 10, at 9;00 a.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, Washington, D.C.
Contact
Thomas Rymer
Spokesperson
Public Affairs Unit
OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights
Ul. Miodowa 10
00-251 Warsaw
Poland

thomas.rymer@odihr.pl
+48 609 522 266