Detention of persons

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• Criminal procedure

• Detention of persons -- Afghanistan
• Detention of persons -- Cameroon
• Detention of persons -- Cuba
• Detention of persons -- France
• Detention of persons -- Germany
• Detention of persons -- Government policy
• Detention of persons -- Iraq
• Detention of persons -- Israel
• Detention of persons -- Jordan
• Detention of persons -- Lebanon
• Detention of persons -- Libya
• Detention of persons -- Syria
• Detention of persons -- United States
• Alien detention centers
• Arrest
• Concentration camps
• Detention of unlawful combatants
• Extraordinary rendition
• Habeas corpus
• Imprisonment
• Juvenile detention

• Detention of persons -- Law and legislation

• Human Rights and Pre-Trial Detention: A Handbook of International Standards Relating to Pre-Trial Detention (professional training series #3; 1994), by United Nations Centre for Human Rights and United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch (PDF at ohchr.org)

• Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan (New York: Human Rights First, 2006), by Hina Shamsi, ed. by Deborah Pearlstein (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)

• Cameroon: Blatant Disregard for Human Rights (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010), by Human Rights First (Organization) and Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)

• Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010), by Human Rights First (Organization) and Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)

• Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England: Containing Various Anecdotes Relative to the French Revolution, and Memoirs of Mons. and Madame du F. (4th edition; London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1794), by Helen Maria Williams (multiple formats at Google)

• Les Lettres de Cachet: "Prisonniers de Famille" et "Placements Volontaires" (in French; Gand: A. Vander Haeghen, 1912), by Paul Sérieux and Lucien Libert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England: Containing Various Anecdotes Relative to the French Revolution, and Memoirs of Mons. and Madame du F. (4th edition; London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1794), by Helen Maria Williams (multiple formats at Google)

• Brains Behind Barbed Wire! Fate of Artists, Scholars, Scientists, Brain Workers Under Hitler-Fascism: A Collective Report (1934), by Bund Proletarisch-Revolutionärer Schriftsteller Deutschlands, trans. by Herbert Arthur Klein (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact (2008), by Physicians for Human Rights (PDF with commentary at brokenlives.info)
• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• Investigation Into the Office of Legal Counsel's Memoranda Concerning Issues Relating to the Central Intelligence Agency's Use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" on Suspected Terrorists (redacted for public release, 2009), by United States Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (PDF at house.gov)

• Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact (2008), by Physicians for Human Rights (PDF with commentary at brokenlives.info)

• Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan (New York: Human Rights First, 2006), by Hina Shamsi, ed. by Deborah Pearlstein (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)

• Israel / South Lebanon: Israel's Forgotten Hostages: Lebanese Detainees in Israel and Khiam Detention Centre (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Suspicious Sweeps: The General Intelligence Department and Jordan's Rule of Law Problem (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2006), by Christoph Wilcke (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• Israel / South Lebanon: Israel's Forgotten Hostages: Lebanese Detainees in Israel and Khiam Detention Centre (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• The Battle for Libya: Killings, Disappearances and Torture (2011), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
• Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya (2011), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi's Libya (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2012), by Laura Pitter (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• Deadly Detention: Deaths in Custody Amid Popular Protest in Syria (2011), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
• Syria, Caught in a Regional Conflict: Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian Political Detainees in Syria (1999), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)
• Syria, Double Injustice: Prisoners of Conscience Detained Beyond Expiry of Their Sentences (1999), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Arbitrary Justice: Trial of Guantánamo and Bagram Detainees in Afghanistan (New York and Washington: Human Rights First, c2008), by Sahr MuhammedAlly (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq (c2011), by Cheryl Benard, Edward O'Connell, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Andrés Villamizar, Elvira N. Loredo, Thomas Sullivan, and Jeremiah Goulka (PDF with commentary at rand.org)
• Behind the Wire: An Update to Ending Secret Detentions (New York: Human Rights First, 2004-2005), by Deborah Pearlstein and Priti Patel (PDF at humanrightsfirst.org)
• Deportation by Default: Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings, and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System (c2010), by Sarah Mehta (HTML at hrw.org)
• Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees (c2011), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• Imbalance of Powers: How Changes to U.S. Law and Policy Since 9/11 Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, c2003), by Fiona Doherty, Kenneth Hurwitz, Elisa Massimino, Michael McClintock, Raj Purohit, Cory Smith, and Rebecca Thornton (PDF at humanrightsfirst.org)
• In Liberty's Shadow: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security (New York: Human Rights First, 2004), by Eleanor Acer and Archana Pyati (PDF at humanrightsfirst.org)
• Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA (ca. 2008), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnestyusa.org)
• Locked Up Far Away: The Transfer of Immigrants to Remote Detention Centers in the United States (New York et al.: Human Rights Watch, c2009), by Alison Parker (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• The Report of the Constitution Project's Report on Detainee Treatment (Washington: Constitution Project, c2013), by Constitution Project Task Force on Detainee Treatment (PDF and Flash with commentary at detaineetaskforce.org)
• Terrorism, the Laws of War, and the Constitution: Debating the Enemy Combatant Cases (c2005), ed. by Peter Berkowitz (PDF files with commentary at Hoover Institution)
• United States: Locked Away: Immigration Detainees in Jails in the United States, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
• U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Prison (New York et al.: Human Rights First, c2009), by Eleanor Acer and Jessica Chicco (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)

• In Liberty's Shadow: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security (New York: Human Rights First, 2004), by Eleanor Acer and Archana Pyati (PDF at humanrightsfirst.org)

• The September 11 Detainees: A Review of the Treatment of Aliens Held on Immigration Charges in Connection with the Investigation of the September 11 Attacks, by United States Department of Justice (HTML at usdoj.gov)

• Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA (ca. 2008), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnestyusa.org)

• Democracy and Japanese Americans, by Norman Thomas (PDF page images at MSU)
• Relocation of Japanese-Americans, by United States War Relocation Authority (PDF page images at MSU)

• Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi's Libya (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2012), by Laura Pitter (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• The Report of the Constitution Project's Report on Detainee Treatment (Washington: Constitution Project, c2013), by Constitution Project Task Force on Detainee Treatment (PDF and Flash with commentary at detaineetaskforce.org)

• A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases and What Can be Done About Them (two parts, 2000 and 2002), by James S. Liebman, Jeffrey Fagan, and Valerie West (PDF files with commentary at the Justice Project)
• Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010), by Human Rights First (Organization) and Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• President Lincoln's Views: An Important Letter on the Principles Involved in the Vallandigham Case (Philadelphia: King and Baird, 1863), by Abraham Lincoln (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA (ca. 2008), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnestyusa.org)

• Reforming Juvenile Detention: No More Hidden Closets (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, c1994), ed. by Ira M. Schwartz and William H. Barton (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

• Human Rights and Pre-Trial Detention: A Handbook of International Standards Relating to Pre-Trial Detention (professional training series #3; 1994), by United Nations Centre for Human Rights and United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch (PDF at ohchr.org)

• An Auschwitz Alphabet, by Jonathan Wallace (HTML at spectacle.org)

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