Theary Seng : "A criminal proceeding in any environment - be it in a developed state or here in developing Cambodia - is a serious matter because an individual's liberty and rights are at...
Professional Commentary
Alan Gura : "As advocates, our role is to respond to the actual questions posed by the Justices,...
Joe Stork : "The conflict between Israel and Hamas-led forces in the Gaza Strip has taken a terrible toll among civilians. Palestinian rocket attacks that in late February killed one Israeli...
John Lott : "Strangely, oral arguments about DC's gun ban turned on discussions of gun locks as much as anything else. Machine guns might have seemed to be a flashier topic, but...
Aisling Reidy : "On March 13, the defense for Omar Khadr had some fairly basic objectives - to get the government to disclose evidence, such as notes relating to the interrogation of their client when...
Samuel Abiodun Adebowale : "In Chicago (USA), a U.S. District Court admitted a claim to investigate the responsibility of a former Nigerian head of state, Gen. Abubakar Abdulsalami, for gross...
Kevin Lanigan : "Last week I observed three military commissions hearings in Guantánamo: the arraignments of Afghani national Mohammed Jawad and Saudi national Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi, and a discovery motions...
Moazzam Begg : "In January this year, a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry, which referred to Guantanamo Bay, listed the United States as a country known to practice torture. Despite this...
Bob Edgar : "The creation of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has sweeping implications for the House of Representatives and its members. Though the process of rooting out corruption among members of the House has changed...
Sahr MuhammedAlly : "On March 12, 2008, Mohammed Jawad , a twenty-three year old Afghan prisoner, announced to the military commission judge that he has "been brought here illegally." Jawad is accused of attempted...
