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ICTR denies extradition request for Rwanda genocide suspect
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] Friday denied a request to extradite genocide suspect Gaspard Kanyarukiga to Rwanda for trial. The former businessman is said to have planned and supervis (More) |
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Report from Guantanamo: arraignment of the September 11 defendants
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First]: "An arraignment of a defendant facing the death penalty should be done in accordance with the highest standards of due process, yet the arraignment on June 5th o (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in False Claims Act, patent, discrimination and RICO cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down four decisions Monday, including Allison Engine v. United States , where the Court ruled that the Federal False Claims Act is not limited to claims of misspent funds submitted (More) |
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Texas integrity unit to study statewide criminal justice reform
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge announced Wednesday the creation of an oversight committee designed to increase the effectiveness of the state criminal-justice system and to ensure its procedures are both reasonable and legal. Judge Barbar (More) |
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Alleged 9/11 plotters arraigned before Guantanamo military commission
Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks were arraigned before a military court at Guantanamo Bay Thursday. The group includes the alleged lead planner of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who said (More) |
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British resident at Guantanamo charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism: report
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news archive], an Et (More) |
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Rwanda justice officials criticize ICTR refusal to transfer genocide suspect
Rwandan justice officials Friday criticized a decision [text, PDF; official press release] by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) denying a motion to transfer an accused genocide leader to the Rwandan court system for trial. An IC (More) |
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Amnesty International releases 2008 human rights report
Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report [PDF; AI materials] on the state of human rights around the world on Tuesday. The major themes of this year's report include violence against women, US detention of terrorism suspects, persec (More) |
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Zimbabwe refuses to extradite ex-Ethiopia leader Mengistu to face death penalty
Zimbabwe will not return former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to Ethiopia to face a death sentence, a Zimbabwean Information Ministry official said Tuesday. The Ethiopian Supreme Court sentenced Mengistu (More) |
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US military judge denies request to delay trial of accused 9/11 conspirators
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann Thursday denied a request by military-appointed defense lawyers to postpone the arraignment of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks . The lawyers had asked for more time (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
