Bio
Ian Kysel is the Aryeh Neier Fellow with the ACLU's Human Rights Program and the US Program at Human Rights Watch, where he focuses on the solitary confinement of youth in the United States. He is the author or co-author of human rights reports on solitary confinement, prison conditions for youth serving life without parole, and the resettlement of refugees to the United States. Before becoming a fellow, while a law student, Mr. Kysel was a co-coordinator of the International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative, which is based at Georgetown, and he currently sits on its Steering Committee. Prior to law school, he worked with non-citizens seeking asylum. Mr. Kysel received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a J.D. and a Certificate in Refugees & Humanitarian Emergencies from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a Global Law Scholar.
Featured work
Jun 20, 2013
Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement
Jun 19, 2013
Guántanamo Dispatch: Improvising Basic Trial Rights
Jun 14, 2013
Guántanamo Dispatch: New Revelations of Attorney–Client Surveillance
Apr 9, 2013
International Body Slams U.S. Solitary Confinement Practices
Mar 22, 2013
Ted Koppel Takes on the Widespread Solitary Confinement of Kids; Our Plea for Change
Jan 16, 2013
In California, an End to the Absolutely Devastating Practice of Locking Kids in Isolation in Juvenile Facilities May Be In Sight
Oct 10, 2012
Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement