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Government Defies Recommendations of U.N. Committee on Torture (11/07/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today blasted the government's one year follow-up report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture. The report was recently submitted to the committee in Geneva and was made public Tuesday. Following a 2006 committee review that found widespread evidence of U.S sponsored policies involving torture and abuse, the committee gave the U.S. one year to report on its progress in ending these practices. But the new report proves the U.S. is still not in compliance with the treaty, said the ACLU.

Federal Appeals Court Denies Day in Court for Victim of CIA Kidnapping, Citing “State Secrets” (03/02/2007)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed its disappointment in an appeals court ruling upholding the dismissal of the case of Khaled El-Masri, an innocent victim of the CIA’s policy of “extraordinary rendition.”

U.S. Welcomes First-Ever Visit of U.N. Expert on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism (01/17/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed the U.S. government’s decision to accept a request from the United Nations’ top expert on human rights and counter-terrorism to visit the United States in the spring.

ACLU Calls for U.S. Accountability Before the U.N. Committee Against Torture (05/08/2006)
GENEVA -- Today the American Civil Liberties Union delivered a petition with more than 51,000 signatures calling for the enforcement of the universal prohibition against torture to the U.S. State Department delegation at the meeting of the U.N. Committee Against Torture in Geneva. The ACLU has been monitoring the committee proceedings and providing information about U.S. sponsored policies and practices of torture and abuse at home and abroad. The U.S. delegation denied on Friday that incidents of detainee abuse are systemic.

ACLU Urges United Nations to Investigate CIA's "Extraordinary Rendition" Policy (03/30/2006)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today formally called on a United Nations human rights investigative body, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, to conduct a full investigation into the United States' "extraordinary rendition" program.

Letter to Chairman of UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (03/30/2006)
Letter to Chairman of UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

ACLU response to HRC's request of August 3, 2005, for information on counter-terrorism measures adopted by the United States following the events of September 11, 2001 (09/19/2005)

Habeas Petition in Al Kaby v. Bush (08/31/2005)

ACLU v. DoD, Declaration of Ronald Schlicher (08/29/2005)

ACLU v. DoD, Second Amended Declaration of Richard B. Myers (pt 2) (08/29/2005)

Torture FOIA (04/29/2005)