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Congo ex-militia leader seeks dismissal of ICC war crimes charges
Defense counsel for Thomas Lubanga [ICC materials; BBC profile] moved to dismiss all charges against the former Congolese militia leader at an International Criminal Court (ICC) status conference at The Hague Tuesday on the ground that prosecutors h (More) |
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Federal court dismisses challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' US military policy
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Monday dismissed a challenge to the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [statute text; HRC backgrounder] which provides for the discharge of openly gay service members. (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees face inhumane conditions, mental trauma: HRW report
Human Rights Watch decried conditions at Guantanamo Bay as contrary to international norms of humane treatment in a report [HRW materials; press release] released Tuesday, saying that detainees face extreme isolation that can cause mental trauma. (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in False Claims Act, patent, discrimination and RICO cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down four decisions Monday, including Allison Engine v. United States , where the Court ruled that the Federal False Claims Act is not limited to claims of misspent funds submitted (More) |
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Myanmar police fired on prisoners during cyclone: UN rights report
The Myanmar military government should investigate allegations that police opened fire on panicked prisoners during last month's devastating cyclone, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana said Fri (More) |
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US military tribunals wrong venue for minors: UN report
The US should not try children under the age of 18 in military tribunals, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said in a report released Friday as part of a periodic review of compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child . The (More) |
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US military tribunal best venue for terror cases: AG Mukasey
Terror suspects should be tried in military commissions, not federal courts, US Attorney General Michael Mukasey [official profile; JURIST news archive] said in a Wednesday speech to judges at the 2008 DC Circuit Judicial Conference . Mukasey said (More) |
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UN rights council limiting press freedom to protect religion: journalist groups
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) accused the UN Human Rights Council of "undermin the freedom of expression in the name of religious sensibilities" in a resolution [text; press release] the two (More) |
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Report from Guantánamo: suicidal teen subjected to sleep deprivation
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First]: "Mohammed Jawad, who has been in Guantánamo for five years since he was 16 or 17 years old, was subjected to the "frequent flyer program" in May (More) |
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Chief Guantanamo judge insists dismissal of Khadr judge not political
The recent dismissal of the US military judge presiding over the military commission trial of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] was not politically motivated, chief Guantanamo judge Marine Col. Ralph H. Ko (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.
