Scott Horton is a New York attorney known for his work in human rights law and the law of armed conflict, as well as emerging markets and international law. In April 2007, he joined Harper's Magazine as a legal affairs and national security contributor, and he currently authors the No Comment blog at Harper's Online.
Horton has also written for American Lawyer,
"the Web's leading legal news and information network" and The Daily Beast.
Horton is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, as well as a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia. Horton is a former president of the International League for Human Rights,, and he recently contributed to a report which claimed that human rights standards apply to detainees captured by the U.S. in the War on Terrorism.

Bilal Hussein case

Horton was hired by the Associated Press to represent Bilal Hussein, a Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist who was detained without charges by the US military for over a year.

Matthew Diaz case

Horton has written blog posts on the Harper's Magazine web site regarding the case of Guantanamo Bay detention camp whistle blower Lt. Commander Matthew Diaz. The Navy has commenced the court-martial in Norfolk, Virginia, of LtCmdr Matthew Diaz.

Raymond Azar

On August 28 2009 Horton asserted that the treatment of Raymond Azar in Bagram Theater Internment Facility in April 2009 by Department of Justice officials was identical to the now prohibited techniques CIA snatch teams had once used on "high value detainees" in the war on terror.