| Posts |
|
US rejects latest UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
The US State Department has rejected Britain's latest call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, saying the prison would remain open as long as necessary and was needed to house "some very dangerous people." UK Forei (More) |
|
2006 Report on Human Rights [UK FCO]
2006 Report on Human Rights, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, October 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
|
Former Guantanamo detainees returned to Afghanistan allege US abuse
Sixteen Afghan men were reunited with their families Thursday after being released by the US military from four years of detention in Guantanamo Bay . The men denied links to Islamic terror groups and alleged abuse at the hands of their captors as (More) |
|
80 Guantanamo detainees could face military commission trials
As many as 80 Guantanamo Bay detainees could face trial before military commissions, a US State Department legal adviser said Thursday. John Bellinger also said President Bush will sign Congress' recently-passed military commissions bill , o (More) |
|
UK Foreign Office calls Guantanamo 'unacceptable' in human rights report
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Thursday called the "continuing detention without a fair trial" at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay "unacceptable in terms of human rights" and "ineffective in terms (More) |
|
Guantanamo detainees lose bid to force UK government to help with release
The UK Court of Appeal Thursday upheld an earlier High Court ruling and denied a bid by the families of three Guantanamo Bay detainees who were UK residents prior to their detention to require the British government to lobby the US for their rel (More) |
|
Padilla and outrageous government conduct
Ben Davis : "Lawyers for Jose Padilla recently (October 4) filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida a Motion to Dismiss for Outrageous Government Conduct . The motion recites, from the point of view of Jos (More) |
|
David Hicks and the US Military Commissions Process: Next Steps
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of ANU College of Law, Australian National University, says that while passage of the new Military Commissions Act in the United States presents new challenges for Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, it als (More) |
|
Hamdan Navy lawyer denied promotion, will leave US military
The US Navy lawyer who successfully represented the plaintiff Guantanamo detainee in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and took his case all the way to the US Supreme Court has been denied a promotion and will leave the military by spring, the Miami Herald report (More) |
|
Guantanamo detainee abuse affidavit [USMC]
Affidavit, Heather N. Cerveny, US Marine Corps, October 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the affidavit . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
