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Holder condemns waterboarding as torture in AG confirmation hearings
US Attorney General nominee Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee in confirmation hearings [materials; transcript] Thursday that he believes waterboarding constitutes torture and that it could take a long time to close the Guantanamo Bay (More) |
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Military commissions overseer says torture tactics used in Guantanamo interrogation
The convening authority of military commissions Susan Crawford [official profile, PDF; JURIST news archive] has said that torture tactics were used in the interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani , a suspect held at Guantanamo Bay under allegations of (More) |
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Rumsfeld sued for wrongful death of Guantanamo detainees
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld , as well as more than 100 military officers and personnel, have been sued for the wrongful deaths of two former detainees who committed suicide while at Guantanamo Bay . Family members of the deceased fi (More) |
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Military commission review court hears Guantanamo detainee confession case
The US Court of Military Commission Review (USCMCR) on Tuesday heard arguments on whether to reinstate the allegedly torture-induced confession of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], which was thrown out by a (More) |
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Rights groups concerned by potential delay in closing Guantanamo
Human rights groups are concerned about US President-elect Barack Obama's intentions to keep the Guantanamo Bay detention center open for at least 100 days after taking office, according to a Monday report in the Miami Herald. On Sunday, Obama (More) |
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Guantanamo hunger strike grows to 42 detainees
The US military announced on Monday that the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike has increased to 42 detainees. The number was believed to be 30 last Thursday. The military attributes the increase to the recent seven year anniversary of the facility's (More) |
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Obama to order Guantanamo closure in first week: AP
Advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama said Monday that he plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, according to a report by the Associated Press. The report comes after Obama s (More) |
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France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue located in (More) |
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Second Circuit rules DOD may withhold documents relating to detainee abuse
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ruled that the US Department of Defense (DOD) may withhold from the Associated Press (AP) certain documents relating to investigations of detainee abuse at the Guantanamo Bay military pri (More) |
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UN torture investigator calls on countries to accept Guantanamo detainees
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday said more countries around the world should accept released Guantanamo Bay detainees so (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.
