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US defends detainee treatment, denies torture at UN panel hearing
US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger defended US policies on the treatment of detainees as the UN Committee against Torture began its review Friday of US compliance with the Convention against Torture . During the first of two days (More) |
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CIA renditions interim report resolution [European Parliament]
Proposed resolution for the European Parliament based on the interim report of the parliamentary commission on alleged CIA use of European countries for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners , April 26, 2006 . Read the full text of the pro (More) |
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EU investigator says CIA kidnapped terror suspects, conducted over 1000 secret flights
The US Central Intelligence Agency has used extraordinary rendition to kidnap terror suspects in Europe and transfer them to countries known to use torture and has operated over 1,000 secret flights in European territory, according to an interim r (More) |
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EU terrorism chief denies existence of CIA prisons amid strong criticism
The European Council counter-terrorism coordinator has reported that the existence of secret CIA prisons in Europe cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Addressing a European Parliament committee on Thursday, Gijs de Vries also denied that (More) |
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Italy will not seek extradition of CIA agents in alleged kidnapping
Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli said Wednesday that the Italian government would not validate Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro's request to extradite from the United States 22 CIA agents allegedly responsible for the 2003 kidnapping a (More) |
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Two British residents held at Guantanamo say UK assisted capture
Lawyers for two long-time British residents seized by the US and detained at Guantanamo Bay claim to have documents that indicate British officials prompted their arrests while withholding information that would have aided the two men. Bisher al-Ra (More) |
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Speaking Truth to Power: US International Lawyers at a Crossroads
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that at its 100th annual meeting this week in Washington, DC, the American Society of International Law is being called upon to take a stand on the laws of war and (More) |
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Rendered Meaningless: The Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror'
JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Satterthwaite of New York University School of Law says that US actions in the war on terror - especially the practice of extraordinary rendition - make a mockery of formal US insistence on the rule of law, damaging it (More) |
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Ex-detainee in US rendition suit tells EU parliament of interrogation by German
Khalid el-Masri , a German national allegedly kidnapped in Macedonia in 2003, held by the CIA in Afghanistan and finally released in 2004 and dumped in Albania, testified Monday before a European Parliament committee investigating possible US rendi (More) |
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Gonzales questions relevance of Geneva protections, defends Gitmo policies
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Tuesday that US treatment of detainees is consistent with the Geneva Conventions , but questioned the relevance of some Geneva provisions in the context of "this new kind of war, against this new k (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.
