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Ex-Guantanamo detainee released from Morocco custody
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested by authorities upon being returned to his home country of Morocco has been released from custody, relatives reported. Criminal charges against Ahmed Errachidi were dropped after he appeared before (More) |
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Lawyers lobby US legislators to return habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees
About 70 lawyers representing some of the top firms in the US Tuesday lobbied various congressional offices to restore the writ of habeas corpus to Guantanamo Bay detainees brought before military tribunals. The lawyers, who also included public def (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee held in Morocco after transfer
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Errachidi has been detained by Moroccan police after his transfer from US custody last week. Formal charges have not yet been filed against Errachidi, but a source from the Moroccan Ministry of Justice source c (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo military commissions case
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by two Guantanamo Bay detainees challenging the legality of their military commissions. In Hamdan v. Gates and Khadr v. Bush [petition for certiorari, PDF] , 06-1169, Yemeni Salim Ahmed (More) |
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The US, Australia and David Hicks: Abandoning the Rule of Law
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks before a US military commission has demonstrated the disturbing willingness of two allegedly democrat (More) |
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ABA condemns proposed DOJ restrictions on Guantanamo lawyers
The American Bar Association (ABA) Friday criticized a US Department of Justice proposal [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees should be subject to tightened restrictions , including limited access to their client and (More) |
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Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
US Democratic and Republic senators sparred over the habeas corpus rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees at a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. In a rare appearance as a committee witness [prepared testimony; recorded video], US (More) |
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Two more Guantanamo detainees transferred: DOD
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the transfer of two more Guantanamo Bay detainees Thursday - one to Afghanistan and another to Morocco, reducing to approximately 380 the number of detainees remaining at Guantanamo. According to a DOD (More) |
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DOJ seeking additional restrictions on Guantanamo lawyer-detainee contact
Lawyers visiting Afghan detainee Haji Bismullah at Guantanamo Bay should be subject to tightened restrictions , including limited access to their client and evidence, the US Justice Department has urged in court papers [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] fi (More) |
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Canadian Guantanamo detainee Khadr formally charged with murder
US military authorities Tuesday formally referred to a military commission charges of murder, supporting terrorism, conspiracy and spying in "violation of the law of war" against Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive], a Ca (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.
