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UK Gitmo detainees suit against US [US DC]
Rasul et al. v. Rumsfeld et al., United States Distrcit Court for the District of Columbia, October 27, 2004 . Read the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Report on US treatment of prisoners [Amnesty International]
Human dignity denied: Torture and accountability in the 'war on terror', Amnesty International, October 27, 2004 . Excerpt:The struggle against torture and ill-treatment by agents of the state requires absolute commitment and constant vigilan (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission judges ruling [US DOD]
US v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan; US v. David Matthew Hicks, US Department of Defense Appointing Authority for Military Commissions John T. Altenburg, Jr., October 21, 2004 . Read the full unclassified text of the decision on the challenge for cause here . R (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees legal representation ruling [US DC]
Al Odah v. US, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, October 20, 2004 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Excerpt:The Court finds that Petitioners are entitled to be represented by counsel pur (More) |
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High Stakes in November: George W. Bush and the Future Federal Judiciary
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego says that perhaps the most far-reaching impact of the upcoming November election is who will get to appoint the nation's judges - including its Supreme Court (More) |
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The Common Plan to Violate the Geneva Conventions
JURIST Guest Columnist and international law scholar Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that recently-divulged White House and DOJ memos provide evidence of an illegal, unconstitutional and downright inept US plan to violate th (More) |
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Abuse of Iraqi Detainees at Abu Ghraib: Will Prosecution and Cashiering of a Few Soldiers Comply With International Law?
JURIST Guest Columnist and international law scholar Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that legal responsibility for the Abu Ghraib prison abuses extends beyond the few soldiers currently subject to investigation and prosecuti (More) |
World court established at The Hague
On December 13, 1920, the League of Nations Assembly, sitting in Geneva, approved the statute setting up the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague.
Learn more about the Permanent Court of International Justice. Visit the website of the Permanent Court's successor body, the International Court of Justice.
