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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit [order, PDF; opinion, PDF] by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee alleging that he was subjected to torture. Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco, a Syrian nat (More) |
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Impunity and the International Rule of Law in Iraq
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler of Webster University and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says the US and other aggressors in the Iraq War have not had to face legal recourse for (More) |
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Military Commissions: No Longer a Useful Strategy
JURIST Guest Columnist John Bickers of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law says that changes in the past decade have made the use of military commissions in the fight against al Qaeda both unnecessary and politically detriment (More) |
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US transfers final detainee to Iraq government
The US handed over the last detainee in Iraq, Ali Mussa Daqduq, to Iraqi authorities on Friday as part of the end of the Iraq War . Daqduq allegedly has links to Hezbollah and is accused of planning a raid in 2007 which resulted in the deaths of fi (More) |
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Congress reaches agreement on controversial defense bill
Leaders in the US House and Senate on Monday evening announced that they had reached an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 after making some modifications and adding text. The bill, which was passed by the Senate in its o (More) |
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Executive Detention and the Presumption of Regularity
JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin of Lewis & Clark Law School says that the decision in Latif v. Obama construes the presumption of regularity in a way that creates an unfair obstacle for military detainees trying to question the evidence used to j (More) |
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CIA operated secret prison in Romania: AP report
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison outside the capital of Romania, the Associated Press (AP) alleged on Thursday. A joint investigation between the AP and a German public television company, ARD Panorama , reportedl (More) |
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Senate approves defense spending bill with controversial detainee provision
The US Senate on Thursday voted 93-7 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 , including a controversial provision authorizing the president to use "all necessary and appropriate force" to detain individuals suspected of terrorism. (More) |
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Senate rejects amendment to remove detainee provision in defense spending bill
The US Senate voted Tuesday to reject an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 that would have struck a provision authorizing the president to use "all necessary and appropriate force" to detain individuals suspected of ter (More) |
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Abdullah Khadr and the Consequences of Detainee Abuse
JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law says that the Supreme Court of Canada's recent refusal to review a lower court's stay of extradition proceedings represents an important victory for the rule of law as well (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
