Judge sentences former CIA contractor to eight years for abusing Afghan detainee
A federal judge in Raleigh, North Carolina Tuesday sentenced David Passaro to eight years and four months in prison as well as three years of supervised release on charges related...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that although Donald Rumsfeld is resigning as US Secretary of Defense, steps should be and will be taken to hold him accountable...
Thomas Nash : "The increasing evidence of humanitarian harm from cluster munitions used during the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is the latest example of a consistent pattern of civilian suffering documented over the last 40...
David Hicks and the US Military Commissions Process: Next Steps
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of ANU College of Law, Australian National University, says that while passage of the new Military Commissions Act in the United States presents new challenges for Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, it also creates an...
Australia AG says Hicks Guantanamo trial unlikely to start this year
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock , speaking with reporters Friday after meeting with US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other American officials about the case of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks , said it is...
JURIST Guest Columnist Alison Nathan of Fordham University School of Law says that the provision in the military commissions bill stripping the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over detainees threatens a fundamental element of our constitutional heritage ... Following a...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and former Chief Justice of South Africa, says that although the threat of terrorism is real, five years after the September 11 attacks on the United...
Federal jury reaches partial verdict in CIA contractor detainee abuse case
A federal jury in Raleigh, North Carolina reached a partial verdict Wednesday in the trial of David Passaro , a CIA contractor accused of abusing a detainee in Afghanistan , but...
Federal trial begins for CIA contractor charged with Afghan detainee abuse
The federal trial of David Passaro , a CIA contractor accused of abusing a detainee in Afghanistan , began Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Passaro was charged in 2004, and has maintained that...
UN official urges Security Council to protect civilians better in armed conflict
The UN's top humanitarian expert told the UN Security Council Wednesday that immediate action must to be taken to prevent civilian deaths in ongoing armed conflicts in several countries. Jan Egeland , UN Under-Secretary-General...
