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Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek remand to district court for new trial
Lawyers for seven Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay filed a motion Thursday to remand proceedings from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the US District Court for the District of Columbia . The motion (More) |
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Federal criminal trials for terror suspects a clear advantage over military commissions
Joshua L. Dratel [Senior Fellow for Legal Research, Center on Law and Security, NYU Law School]: "The advantages of federal criminal trials over military commissions for terrorist prosecutions are certainly too numerous to list in a few short pa (More) |
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Supreme Court sends Uighur case back to lower court
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider the case of seven Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay . The court originally granted certiorari in Kiyemba v. Obama [docket; C (More) |
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ACLU files habeas petitions on behalf of Bagram detainees
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed habeas corpus petitions on behalf of four detainees held at Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan. The first petition , filed Friday in the US District Court for (More) |
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Binyam Mohamed judgment omitted text [UK CA]
The Queen on the application of Binyam Mohamed v. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth, England and Wales Court of Appeal, February 26, 2010 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more (More) |
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UK court releases previously withheld section in ex-Guantanamo detainee case
The England and Wales Court of Appeal on Friday disclosed additional text that was omitted from a previous ruling related to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed . The language in question is critical of British intelligence service MI5 , (More) |
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Australia court rules former Guantanamo detainee can sue government
The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can sue the Australian government for complicity in his ill-treatment while incarcerated in Pakistan, Egypt, Afghani (More) |
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US can restore legitimacy with federal trials of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay
Eric Montalvo [Partner, Puckett and Faraj, PC]: "The careless approach to the issues surrounding all things Guantanamo Bay is an affront to the Constitution and the credibility of our legal institutions. As the most recent "flip flop" (More) |
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Federal judge upholds continued detention of 2 Yemeni Guantanamo detainees
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the government can continue to hold indefinitely two Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees, even though the men had been cleared for release by the Bush administration t (More) |
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Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Albania, Spain
Four Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Albania and Spain, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. Three detainees, Tunisia native Aleh Bin Hadi Asasi, Egypt native Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, and Libya native Abdul R (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.
