Connecticut Repeal of Capital Punishment Signals National Trend
May 16, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Jones, Executive Director for the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, says that Connecticut's repeal of the death penalty is one of the first of a trend of states moving away from capital punishment ...Last month, the Connecticut General Assembly passed legis....... [more] 
Libya military commander sues UK foreign secretary for alleged illegal rendition
April 18, 2012
A Libyan military commander filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against former UK Justice Minister Jack Straw alleging that the minister was instrumental in his illegal rendition to Libya, where he was tortured under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Abdel Hakim Belhadj and his wife were transferred to Libya in....... [more]
UN counterterrorism official criticizes US court decision on rendition information
April 13, 2012
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Thursday expressed regret over a US court decision denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by a member of the UK parliament and the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition. Earlier this month t....... [more]
Poland ex-intelligence head faces charges for involvement in secret CIA prison
March 28, 2012
The former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency may face charges for his assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating a secret prison in Poland. Zbigniew Siemiatkowski told a Polish newspaper on Tuesday that he could face charges for his association with the prison and the a....... [more]
Amnesty urges EU nations to investigate CIA renditions
March 27, 2012
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday asked EU member states to reconsider their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. During a hearing before the European Parliament (EP), the group suggested that the EU me....... [more]
The Role of Lochner in the Health Care Litigation
March 21, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist David Bernstein of George Mason University School of Law, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, argues that striking down the individual mandate of the health care reform legislation does not implicate a resurgence of the notorious 1905 Supreme Court decision in Lochner v....... [more]
Extraordinary Constitutional Interpretation in Corona's Impeachment
February 25, 2012
JURIST Columnist Edsel Tupaz of Tupaz & Associates argues that extraordinary times in the Philippines might require extraordinary constitutional interpretation in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona now before the Philippines Senate...Last Thursday, the presiding officer of the....... [more]
Federal judge dismisses ex-State Department employee's diplomatic immunity suit
January 6, 2012
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former State Department employee demanding diplomatic immunity against charges she participated in the kidnapping and rendition of a terrorism suspect abroad. The former State Department employ....... [more]
Rights groups criticize European countries over silence on CIA rendition program
December 19, 2011
Two international human rights organizations on Monday accused European countries of suppressing evidence of their roles in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. Legal action charity Reprieve, in cooperation with the human rights organiza....... [more]
Amnesty urges Lithuania to reopen investigation into secret CIA prisons
September 30, 2011
Lithuania must reopen the investigation into secret CIA prisons in light of new evidence, Amnesty International (AI) insisted Thursday. AI cited evidence of rendition flights of Abu Zubaydah in 2005 revealed earlier this year by Reprieve, a London-based human rights organization. AI counter-terrori....... [more]
Ninth Circuit dismissed CIA rendition suit on state secrets grounds
September 8, 2011
On September 8, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with its alleged role in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition pr....... [more]
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