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PITTSBURGH: US War Crimes Ambassador Discusses International Criminal Justice
Kristine Long, Pitt Law '11, attended a lecture hosted by the Center for International Legal Education on "The Role of the US in International Criminal Justice," presented by Stephen Rapp, the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issue (More) |
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Canada high court rules government not required to seek Khadr repatriation
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that while the treatment of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] violated his rights, the government does not have to press for his return to Canada. In a unanimo (More) |
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UN study reveals worldwide use of secret detention centers to counter terrorism
Dozens of countries have illegally used secret detention facilities in their counter-terrorism efforts, according to a joint study [text, DOC; press release] issued Tuesday by four independent UN investigating groups. Information for the detailed st (More) |
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Russia journalist dies after being tortured in prison
A Russian journalist died in a Siberian hospital on Wednesday from injuries he received during a police beating nearly two weeks ago, according to local investigators. Konstantin Popov, an economics writer for a Russian newspaper, was arrested for (More) |
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Botswana tribe to bring land dispute with government to ICJ
Spokesperson for the First People of Kalahari (FPK) Roy Sesana announced Tuesday that his organization plans to take its land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website, JURIST news a (More) |
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UK rights group urges further investigation into 2006 Guantanamo suicides
UK-based human rights group Reprieve issued a statement Tuesday suggesting that the Obama administration has suppressed information relating to the investigation of three 2006 Guantanamo Bay suicides and urging further inquiries. The statement co (More) |
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Gaza Flotilla: International Law Justifications for Israel's Actions
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Barry A. Feinstein, a Senior Lecturer in International Law at the School of Law of Netanya Academic College in Israel, says that the Israel navy's actions against the Gaza Flotilla complied with international law, despite t (More) |
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Spain court orders pilot extradited to Argentina for alleged role in 'Dirty War'
The Spanish High Court on Monday ordered the extradition of pilot Julio Alberto Poch so that he may be tried in Argentina for his alleged role in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Poc (More) |
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Canada high court declines to hear anti-abortion activist's tax appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear an appeal brought by an anti-abortion advocate who refused to pay taxes on the basis that the money could be used to fund abortion . David Little was convicted in 2007 of tax evasion for fai (More) |
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Keeping Same-Sex Marriage in the Dark
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says in rejecting the broadcast of the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage trial, conservative justices of the United States Supreme Court are using procedural excuses to push a c (More) |
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus
On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address drafts riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861).
Read "Lincoln and Habeas Corpus" from the University of California at Long Beach.
