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Supreme Court to hear Uighur Guantanamo detainees' appeal
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases. In Kiyemba v. Obama [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the court will consider whether a group of 13 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees can be releas (More) |
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PITTSBURGH: Sulmasy on National Security Courts
Joseph Schaeffer, Pitt Law '12, attended a talk on a proposed national security court system given by US Coast Guard Captain Glenn Sulmasy*, a law professor at the US Coast Guard Academy and a National Security and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard (More) |
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Federal judge rules against releasing Guantanamo interrogation documents
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia refused Friday to force the Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to release non-redacted versions of documents that allegedly describe the torture and abus (More) |
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UK High Court orders disclosure of redacted torture allegations
A British High Court ruled Friday that previously redacted text regarding the alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed should be publicly disclosed. The text in question relates to Mohamed's allegations that, while being he (More) |
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Spain parliament passes law limiting reach of universal jurisdiction statute
The Spanish Congress of Deputies on Thursday gave final approval to a law limiting use of the country's universal jurisdiction [AI backgrounder; JURIST news archive] statute to those offenses committed by or against Spaniards, or where the per (More) |
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'Torture' document disclosure judgment [UK HC]
The Queen on the Application of Binyam Mohamed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, High Court of Justice: Queen's Bench Division, October 16, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available he (More) |
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DOD/CIA Guantanamo interrogation documents ruling [US DC]
American Civil Liberties Union, et al. v. US Department of Defense, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 16, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the interro (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee US prosecution transfer bill [US House]
HR 2892: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for thefiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, US House of Representatives, approved October 15, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest co (More) |
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House passes bill allowing transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial
The US House of Representatives voted 307-114 Thursday to approve legislation that would allow Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to US soil for prosecution. The measure was part of a $42.7 billion spending bill for the US Department of (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee al Mutairi's release a welcome blow to government detention power
Gabor Rona [International Legal Director, Human Rights First]: "On October 9, the Department of Justice announced the transfer of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Abdullah Mishal al Mutairi, to his home state, Kuwait. "On July 29, 2009, a federal (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.
