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Khadr military lawyer to offer vigorous defense
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] announced Saturday that he will vigorously defend Khadr at his US military commission trial scheduled to begin next month . Khadr fired his US (More) |
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Supreme Court permits Guantanamo detainees' return to Algeria
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Friday declined to review the decision of a lower court permitting the government to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed to Algeria. The 5-3 decision leaves in p (More) |
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UK court allows suit seeking to force Iraq torture inquiry
A UK High Court of Justice on Friday allowed a lawsuit to proceed that seeks to force the UK government to hold a public inquiry into torture allegations made following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The suit was brought by 102 Iraqi men who claim they (More) |
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'Torture memo' lawyer denies authorizing some CIA interrogation techniques
Former head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and federal judge Jay Bybee denied approving a number of interrogation techniques used by the CIA, according to testimony released Thursday by the US House Judiciary Committee . Bybee was questione (More) |
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UK court allows ex-Guantanamo detainees' torture suit to continue
The UK High Court announced Wednesday that a lawsuit, filed by former Guantanamo Bay detainees and alleging that the UK government was complicit in their torture, can proceed. The lawsuit, filed by 12 ex-detainees, alleges that British agents took (More) |
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Federal appeals court overturns Guantanamo habeas grant
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision that granted the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Adahi. In reversing the decision, the appellate court held that the distr (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee transferred to Yemen
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini was transferred to his homeland of Yemen after a federal court ordered his release [opinion, PDF; JURIST report]. In his ruling ordering Odaini's r (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss charges against ex-Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive], ruling that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was not violated. Ghailani's lawyer (More) |
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Canada government to appeal Khadr rights ruling
The Canadian Department of Justice on Monday announced that it will appeal a court ruling ordering the government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive] with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach o (More) |
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Khadr tells court he previously rejected plea deal
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Monday appeared at a pre-trial hearing and informed the court that he had previously rejected a plea deal offered by the US government. Under the plea agreement Kha (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.
