US officials cite urgency, limited practice in explaining stance on Darfur court
US officials Friday went out of their way to explain why the United States Thursday evening did not veto a French-sponsored resolution referring war crimes in Sudan to the International Criminal Court in The...
Sudan Friday announced its displeasure with UN Security Council Resolution 1593 adopted late Thursday evening that authorized the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute war crimes violations in Sudan. Sudan...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, April 1.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.The American Society of International Law is presenting a...
Gitmo review tribunals wrap up; 38 detainees ordered released
The Defense Department said Tuesday that Combatant Status Review Tribunals for all Guantanamo Bay detainees have been completed. Navy Secretary Gordon England , who has overseen the CSRT process, announced that 38 of...
Supreme Court hears arguments on rights of foreigners in death penalty cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case examining the rights of foreigners in death penalty cases. In Medellin v. Dretke , a Mexican citizen was convicted of murder in a Texas state court...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law says that it is much better to have deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein put on trial in an Iraqi court than before an international criminal tribunal along the...
International brief ~ ICJ could get Japan-S. Korea islands dispute
In Friday's international brief, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro told a press conference Thursday that despite a harshly worded 'letter to the people' released by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Wednesday, Japan would...
Senate bill would discourage US courts from citing foreign precedent
US Senator John Cornyn , a senior Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sunday introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that judicial decisions regarding the US Constitution should not be influenced by foreign law....
The UN Security Council appears deadlocked on the Sudan issue after the United States and other countries argued again Thursday over the appropriate venue for criminal prosecutions of war crimes committed in Darfur. A majority of Council...
International brief ~ Nigeria proposes African tribunal for Sudan
In Thursday's international brief, Nigeria , acting on behalf of the African Union , has proposed the creation of an African war crimes tribunal that would prosecute alleged human rights violations and war crimes in Sudan [government...
