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Obama considering military-civilian prison facility for Guantanamo detainees: report
The Obama administration is considering creating a maximum security prison that would hold both military and civilian detainees as well as a courtroom to accommodate remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to senior administration officials c (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas corpus, finding insuffi (More) |
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Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but rather with permanent residency right (More) |
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Terrorism trials should be held in US federal courts: rights group
Terrorism suspects should be prosecuted in US federal courts instead of military commissions, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights First . The report, prepared by two former federal prosecutors, claims that the civilian court sy (More) |
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UN rights investigators denied access to Guantanamo detention facility
The US government has turned down requests from two separate UN investigators to visit the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post reported Thursday. UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak and UN special rapporteur on human (More) |
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Pentagon media program did not violate propaganda rules: report
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded Tuesday that the US Department of Defense (DOD) did not violate prohibitions on propaganda by having retired military officers (RMOs) offer public support to the Bush administration's war (More) |
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Guantanamo closure reports delayed 6 months
A report on the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , due to be presented to US President Barack Obama Tuesday, will be delayed for six months, officials reported Monday. The government task force, assigned to create a new policy on t (More) |
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Guantanamo prosecutors seek delays in pending trials
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday sought to delay the trials of three suspected terrorists while the US government revises the military commission system used to try them. At the second day of hearings held at the detention facil (More) |
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UK police begin investigation into alleged abuse of Guantanamo detainee
The UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) announced Friday that it is investigating the alleged mistreatment of an Ethiopian Guantanamo Bay detainee by British intelligence officers. Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news archive], who was (More) |
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Military commissions system 'broken': former Guantanamo prosecutor
A former prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the military commission system used to try detained enemy combatants is "broken beyond repair." In testimony at a hearing before the Subcommittee (More) |
Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed
On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the U.N. Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime.
175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the U.S. Psychotropic Substances Act, the U.K. Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Substances Act.
