The Human Rights Center and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law are collaborating with the Center for Constitutional Rights to conduct a two-year study of detainees released from the U.S. military installation at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. To date, no systematic study has been made of Guantánamo detainees once they have left U.S. custody. At the same time, the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch continue to wrestle with questions about the appropriate laws and policies to address the treatment and status of detainees in the absence of rigorous empirical data regarding this prisoner population. Through research and interviews with former detainees and key informants, “Guantánamo and Its Aftermath” will:

• Develop a factual record of the long-term impact of U.S. detention practices on detainees during their confinement at the Guantánamo Bay facility and after their release from U.S. custody.
• Assess how the incarceration of detainees has affected the families and communities of detainees.
• Recommend appropriate legal mechanisms, detention practices, and polices to protect the human rights of detainees taken into U.S. custody during its pursuit of the “war on terror.