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UN torture investigator criticizes US detainee bill
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak [official profile, DOC; JURIST news archive] said Friday that the military commissions bill approved by the US Senate Thursday could lead to abuses because it does not sufficiently constrain harsh int (More) |
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Rights group condemns Pakistan for selling terror suspects to US
Amnesty International accused Pakistan Friday of committing numerous human rights violations in support of the US-led "war on terror," including arresting terror suspects and holding them in secret locations until they can be sold to US (More) |
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Can't ask, won't tell
Brian J. Foley : "This week's legislation limiting the rights of 'detainees' to challenge the Executive's exercise (and abuse) of power over them also strips Americans of our ability to oversee the Executive. When it's easy (More) |
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France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
French judge Jean-Claude Kross Wednesday postponed a verdict in the trial of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan , saying the court needs more information on French intelligen (More) |
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History Starts Today: The Perils of Habeas-Stripping
JURIST Guest Columnist Alison Nathan of Fordham University School of Law says that the provision in the military commissions bill stripping the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over detainees threatens a fundamental element of our constitutional (More) |
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Judiciary Committee leaders put brakes on military commissions bill
Pressure from the Bush administration and the congressional leadership to fast-track a military commissions bill met bipartisan resistance Monday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing . Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official websit (More) |
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'All the Laws But One': Parsing the Military Commissions Bill
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the overall theme of the "compromise" military commissions bill seems to be the highly-problematic creation of a unique legal regime for a specific g (More) |
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How the Compromise Detainee Legislation Guts Common Article 3
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, former US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), now at Northwestern University School of Law, says that the new "compromise" language on detainee treatment included in the latest versi (More) |
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US military hardening Guantanamo facility to protect guards
The US military plans to turn a new medium-security building at Guantanamo Bay into a maximum-security facility and enhance security in its existing structures at the military detention center, according to deputy commander Brig. Gen. Edward A. L (More) |
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Goldsmith rule of law speech [UK AG]
Rule of Law Symposium address, Lord Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General for England and Wales, September 16, 2006 . Read the full text of the speech . 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.
