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No Room Left for Doubt: New Revelations About Guantanamo
JURIST Guest Columnist Marc Falkoff of Northern Illinois University College of Law says that recent release orders, statements by some military lawyers and judges, and the military's own admission of detention mistakes all confirm that the only w (More) |
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Gaza: Not a War of Self-Defense
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Kattan of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, says that Israel's Gaza offensive cannot be legally justified by any right of self-defense a (More) |
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Iraq signs on to chemical weapons ban
Iraq has become the 186th nation to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) by acceding to the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention , the organization announced Wednesday. A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moo (More) |
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Federal judge grants Guantanamo habeas petition, orders detainee release
A judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted habeas to Guantanamo detainee Mohammed El Gharani and directed his release. El Gharani, a Chadian citizen born in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in Pakistan on suspici (More) |
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Spain court to try 14 Salvadorans accused of Jesuit killings
A judge in the Penal Chamber of the National Court of Spain in Madrid on Tuesday ordered a trial for the men allegedly responsible for the killings of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter. Judge Eloy Velasco admitted the plea (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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UN rights council passes resolution condemning Israel occupation of Gaza
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning the Israeli occupation in Gaza and demanding the immediate withdrawal of military forces. The council also decided to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate possible hu (More) |
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Bosnian War Crimes Chamber may fail to encourage postwar reconciliation
David Chandler [Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster]: "Nearly two decades after its establishment, in 1993, the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal for the former (More) |
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Obama not ruling out prosecution of Bush officials for human rights violations
US President-elect Barack Obama [transition website; JURIST news archive] said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he has not ruled out prosecuting officials for rights abuses committed under the Bush administration. Asked whether he would ap (More) |
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UN rights head calls for investigation of Gaza violations
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive] Friday called for an independent investigation of possible war crimes and human rights violations in the ongoing conflict between Israel and combatants in th (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
