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International bar associations call for 'immediate closure' of Guantanamo
Leaders of 34 international bar associations and law societies called for the "immediate closure" of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in a letter released Monday. The letter, addressed to US President George W. Bush and Canadian P (More) |
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Canada MPs join Khadr lawyer in call for Guantanamo repatriation push
Three Canadian opposition MPs and a US military lawyer urged the Canadian government Monday to request the extradition and repatriation of Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], a Canadian citizen being detained at Guantanamo Bay . The thr (More) |
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Australia court relaxes control order restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee Hicks
The Federal Magistrate Court of Australia Tuesday relaxed certain control order restrictions against former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks , permitting him to reside anywhere in the country subject to approval from the Australian Federal Poli (More) |
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Chief Guantanamo interrogator says most info not forced from detainees
Paul Rester, chief military interrogator at Guantanamo Bay and director of the Joint Intelligence Group, said in an interview with AP published Saturday that most of the intelligence obtained from detainees at the prison has come through non-coerci (More) |
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Injustice at Guantanamo: Torture Evidence and the Military Commissions Act
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that the rules of evidence governing the recently announced military commission trials of six alleged al Qaeda members, combined with the Bush administration's effor (More) |
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Federal court dismisses lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary over CIA rendition role
The US District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; case materials] against Jeppesen Dataplan Wednesday, ruling in favor of the US government's motion to dismiss on state secret grounds. The US Dep (More) |
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DOD lays new charges against two more Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been charged with war crimes. Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul , alleged to be Osama bin Laden's personal assistant and media secretary, is charged wi (More) |
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Guantanamo commander confirms secret camp for 'high-value' detainees
Guantanamo Bay commander US Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby confirmed the existence of a secret camp at the detention facility for alleged al-Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" in an interview with AP Wednesday. Buzby said pr (More) |
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DOJ urges judge to dismiss lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary over CIA rendition role
US District Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California heard arguments Tuesday on the government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan on state secrets grounds. The Justice Department a (More) |
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US military commission hears jurisdiction arguments in Khadr case
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Monday argued that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case , saying that Khadr did not commit a war crime by allegedly (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.
