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DOJ dropping charges against Blackwater guard involved in 2007 Iraq shootings
Federal prosecutors from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated Friday that they will drop manslaughter charges against a Blackwater Worldwide security guard who had been involved in the September 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad that kill (More) |
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Closing the Loophole: Private Military Contractors and Rights Violations
JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Maffai of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies says that to prevent governments from hiring private military contractors to dodge their international human rights obligations, lawmakers in countries such as the (More) |
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Blackwater ex-employees accuse company of misconduct in Iraq
The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide [official website; JURIST news archive] and its former CEO and founder Erik Prince illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, indiscriminately killed Iraqi civilians, and committed a number of o (More) |
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Corporate human rights abuses require stronger international and domestic legal regimes
Jernej Letnar ÄŒerniÄ [Researcher, Institute for European, Constitutional, International Law and Law of Economics]: "The US government published in February 2009 its decision that it will not renew its contract with the private se (More) |
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US military contractor gets probation after pleading guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
A US military contractor who pleaded guilty [press release; JURIST report] in February to voluntary manslaughter for the 2008 shooting of an Afghan detainee was sentenced in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Friday to five (More) |
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Blackwater security firm ends Baghdad operations as contract expires
The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday concluded its operations in Baghdad as its contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq ended. A spokesperson from the US Embassy in I (More) |
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Federal judge rejects jurisdictional challenge by indicted Blackwater guards
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday rejected two motions challenging the court's ability to hear the case filed on behalf of five indicted Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] guards invol (More) |
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US military contractor pleads guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
US military contractor Don Ayala pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter for the 2008 shooting of an Afghan detainee. Ayala had been charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing detainee Abdul Salam in retalia (More) |
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State Department not renewing Blackwater Iraq contract
An official from the US State Department said Friday that the Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website; JURIST news archive] contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq will not be renewed when it expires in May. The State Department has yet to m (More) |
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Iraq not renewing Blackwater operating license
Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman major general Abdel Karim Khalaf said Thursday that the country would not renew a contract allowing Blackwater Worldwide private security forces to operate within the country. Under the Status of Forces Agreement&n (More) |
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812
On December 24, 1814, the "Treaty of Ghent" was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.
Review the articles of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Learn more about the Treaty of Ghent from American, British and indigenous perspectives.
