Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry: Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Resolution
JURIST Guest Columnist Ryan Suto, Syracuse University College of Law Class of 2013, discusses how the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry acts as a method of rule-of-law in post-conflict resolution and acknowledges its limitations...On February 14, 2011, Bahrain joined the...
Egypt requests release of its last citizen held at Guantanamo
The Egyptian government announced Thursday that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Egyptian Tarek al-Sawah, 54, has been held at Guantanamo for 11...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda...
Watch group criticizes lack of UN policy on use of private security firms
A non-profit United Nations watch group released a report last month criticizing the UN's lack of a comprehensive internal security policy in the face of its own increased reliance on private military and security companies (PMSCs). In...
The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Monday decided to hear the appeal of a former US Marine convicted of the 2006 murder of an Iraqi policeman. The court approved a review in the...
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released a report alleging widespread abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) . The report documents numerous instances excessive force, sometimes deadly,...
UN SG issues report on violations against children in conflict zones
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a new report on Monday detailing the violations committed against children in conflict zones. The report discussed each conflict zone, including Afghanistan , Central...
The US Army has dropped one of 17 murder charges and added others, including steroid and alcohol use, in its case against Army Sgt. Robert Bales, his lawyer told reporters on Friday. Bales was charged with 17 counts of...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Frakt of the Barry University School of Law says that the double standard concerning the killing of US citizens developed as a result of overseas anti-terrorism efforts and is more recently apparent in the domestic "stand...
The US government has paid compensation to the families of the victims of a shooting spree allegedly committed by a US soldier, according to statements made by an Afghan elder. The families of the victims killed [AP...
