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Federal judge rules Guantanamo documents must be made public
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the government's motion on Monday to keep sealed unclassified judicial records connected to the imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. Judge Thomas Hogan ruled that the (More) |
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Guantanamo judicial records ruling [US DC]
In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Legislation, US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Legislation (More) |
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US government urges Supreme Court to reject Uighur detainee appeal
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari [text, PDF; JURIST report] filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the same stance as the Bush administr (More) |
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Economic crisis increasing human rights violations: Amnesty annual report
Amnesty International (AI) Secretary-General Irene Khan said Thursday that the global economic crisis is exacerbating the world's human rights failures, urging governments to "invest in human rights as purposefully as they are investing i (More) |
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Jordan urged to restore rule of law by ending arbitrary detentions
Jordan should restore its rule of law by ending extrajudicial detentions of crime victims, personal enemies, and persons freed by the courts, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Per the 1954 Crime Prevention Law , w (More) |
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Five percent of Guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorism: Pentagon
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has evidence that confirms that 27 released Guantanamo Bay detainees have engaged in combat or terrorism against the US. The evidence, implicating five percent of ex-detainees, includes "fingerprints, DNA, and (More) |
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US military lawyers petition Afghan court to seek release of Guantanamo detainee
US military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials, JURIST news archive] asked the Supreme Court of Afghanistan Monday to demand his release from the facility. The lawyers have petitioned the Afghan high court because t (More) |
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Cheney defends Bush-era interrogation policies as lawful and necessary
Former US vice president Dick Cheney [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday defended national security policies of the Bush administration. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) , Cheney criticized many of the security policie (More) |
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Obama defends Guantanamo closure plan, urges commitment to rule of law
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility while upholding the rule of law by trying some detainees in federal courts and others in modified military commissions . In a speech f (More) |
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FBI director says releasing Guantanamo detainees into US could harm national security
FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile; JURIST news archive] told the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US could pose a threat to national security, even if they remain in maximum se (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.
