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Six Uighur Guantanamo detainees transferred to Palau
Six Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees were transferred to the Republic of Palau Saturday, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The six men, Ahmad Tourson, Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, Edham Mamet, Anwar Hassan, Dawut Abdurehim a (More) |
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US and EU reach agreement on treaty for international criminal investigations
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday announced an international criminal treaty with the European Union (EU) that will greatly increase cooperation between the two governments. Among the provisions in the "Washington Statement," (More) |
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Obama signs bill allowing transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010 into law, which allows for Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to the US for prosecution. The bill allocates $42.78 billion for th (More) |
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The Use of Force After the 'War on Terror': A Call for an Obama Doctrine
JURIST Guest Columnist Christian Henderson of Oxford Brookes University (UK) says that although President Obama has made reforms in a number of areas since taking office last November, he has yet to distinguish his administration's policies on th (More) |
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UN rights rapporteur: Guantanamo detainees should be tried or released
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin said Monday that all Guantanamo Bay detainees should be brought before US federal courts for trial by the January 22 deadline for closure set by US President Barack Obama (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses Guantanamo habeas petition
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday dismissed without prejudice a petition for habeas corpus filed on behalf of a Guantanamo Bay detainee after the detainee refused to meet with his appointed counsel t (More) |
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Rights groups cite no detainee access in Guantanamo tour refusals
Amnesty International USA, the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch on Friday turned down an opportunity to tour the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , citing lack of access to detainees. The groups regularly send observers to (More) |
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Lithuania lawmakers demand investigation into alleged CIA secret prisons
Lithuanian lawmakers on Wednesday demanded an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established a secret prison for al Qaeda suspects in the Baltic country. The Lithuanian Parliament National Security and D (More) |
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Military judges grant continuances in Guantanamo detainee cases
Two Guantanamo Bay military judges on Wednesday granted continuances for prosecutors in the cases of two Sudanese detainees allegedly involved with al Qaeda. Noor Uthman Mohammed [DOD materials; charge sheet, PDF], who is accused of working as a we (More) |
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Senate passes bill allowing transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial
The US Senate voted 79-19 Tuesday in favor of a bill permitting Guantanamo Bay detainees to be brought to the US for trial. The measure was part of a $42.7 billion spending bill for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) .While the detaine (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.
