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US AG Holder visits Guantanamo as part of Justice Department review
US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website; JURIST news archive] visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison on Monday as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) review of the suspended military commission system established to try the detaine (More) |
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Pentagon releases Guantanamo detainee treatment review
The US Department of Defense Monday officially released its anticipated report [text, PDF; JURIST report] on detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay in compliance with President Barack Obama's January 22 executive order mandating the review . As (More) |
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Iraq reopens Abu Ghraib prison with promises to follow international standards
The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib [CBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the me (More) |
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Guantanamo meets Geneva Convention requirements: Pentagon report
A report prepared for the Pentagon by US Navy Admiral Patrick Walsh has concluded that the Guantanamo Bay detention center meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions , according to Friday statements from US officials who have reviewed the d (More) |
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UK Guantanamo detainee to be returned soon: Foreign Office
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Friday that the US has agreed to return UK resident and Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to the country as soon as his transfer can be arranged. (More) |
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Omar Khadr: Release, Repatriation, and Remedies
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Gail Davidson, Executive Director of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, says that Canada and the US are duty-bound to act immediately to ensure that Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr is released and repatriated, his (More) |
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Italy official says country will not accept Guantanamo detainees
Speaker for Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini said Monday that Italy will not accept detainees released from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Fini made the announcement after a meetin (More) |
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UK Guantanamo detainee medically cleared for potential release
UK resident and Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] was found by British authorities on Sunday to be healthy enough to return to the UK if the US government acquiesces to the request for his release. A group se (More) |
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Obama administration begins review of Guantanamo Bay detainees
An Obama administration official said Friday that a review of detainees, the first step in closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay , has begun [Los Angeles Times report]. US President Barack Obama issued the executive order last month that initiated (More) |
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Lithuania weighs taking Guantanamo prisoners
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Vygaudas Usackas said Wednesday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will begin talks with the US about the possibility of accepting prisoners from Guantanamo Bay . Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene (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.
