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House Judiciary Committee chair urges probe into Bush administration abuses
The Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses , and the incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation to find out whether any laws were violated, according to a report released Tuesday by US House Judiciary Committee Ch (More) |
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Spain judge to review US rendition memo as investigation continues
Spanish National Court Judge Ismael Moreno Wednesday asked the Spanish Foreign Ministry for a certified copy of a 2002 internal government memorandum detailing a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) request to use Spanish resources in aiding CIA (More) |
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Second Circuit rehears Arar rendition case
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in an en banc rehearing of Arar v. Ashcroft . Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] is seeking a declaratory judgment against US government of (More) |
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Spain aided US rendition flights: report
The Spanish Foreign Ministry expressly allowed the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use Spanish resources in transporting terror suspects to Guantanamo Bay, according to a 2002 internal Foreign Ministry memorandum released by Madrid's (More) |
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Applying the Rule of Law to All Heads of State
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, says that the recent conviction of "Chuckie" Taylor suggests that President-elect Obama has a chance to demonstrate, by example, what the Rule of Law and "equality before (More) |
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COE rendition investigator testifies in Italy CIA abduction trial
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty [official profile, in French; JURIST news archive] testified Wednesday at the trial of American and Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of (More) |
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Pentagon dismisses charges against 5 Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense announced Tuesday that the Office of Military Commissions Convening Authority has dismissed charges without prejudice against five Guantanamo Bay detainees. Noor Uthman Mohammed, Binyam Mohammed, Sufyiam Barhoumi, Ghas (More) |
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Italy court suspends CIA rendition case to consider state secrets testimony
A judge on the Constitutional Court of Italy on Wednesday suspended the trial of 26 Americans and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr to consider whether to (More) |
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UK troops refusing to detain insurgents due to rights law concerns: US official
US State Department legal advisor John B. Bellinger III [official profile; JURIST news archive],told the Guardian newspaper Tuesday that British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are not detaining suspected insurgents in those countries due to concern (More) |
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Parliamentary panel gives legal opinion on UK participation in CIA extraordinary renditions
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition (APPG) released a legal opinion on Monday which examines UK governmental liability under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the UK Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) for its p (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
