Monday, January 15, 2024

Former U.N. Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain on Gitmo's 22nd anniversary


The former Rapporteur was a tremendous help in freeing my client, Saeed Bakhouch from the clutches of the Algerian government after his release from Guantanamo last spring. Click here for her reflections on Guantanamo and what the Biden administration could be doing....

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF) is Executive Editor at Just Security. She served as the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism from 2017-Nov 2023. She also concurrently serves as Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society at the University of Minnesota Law School and Professor of Law at the Queens University School of Law in Belfast, Northern Ireland.