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23 Apr 2009, 10:56 am
Between the release of Department of Justice memos where the likes of John Yoo and Ninth Circuit Judge Jay Bybee do their best to avoid the obvious, the Senate Armed Services Committee report on our treatment of detainees oversees (personally approved by those in the White House), and apologists like Dick Cheney and Carl "Turd Blossom" [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 9:31 am
Their goal is to protect people deprived of their liberty against torture and cruel treatment. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 1:14 am
[JURIST] The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) [official website] released a report [text] Wednesday expressing concern over a proposed UK anti-terror bill [materials; BBC Q/A] which would allow authorities to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 1:00 am
[JURIST] Medical professionals violated codes of medical ethics by participating in and assisting in ill-treatment of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees, says a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross [official website], made public Monday. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 8:12 am
One of these laws is House Bill 1352, which on Friday advanced out of the appropriations committee on its way to the full House. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 11:08 am
[JURIST] Chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) [official website] Claudio Grossman [official profile] on Tuesday urged nations to "reconnect with the values" of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [texts and materials] and increase efforts to combat torture [press release]. [read post]
7 Oct 2006, 9:09 am
[JURIST] The head of the justice committee that reviews draft legislation in Turkey's parliament [official website] warned in an interview published in a Turkish newspaper Saturday that if France attempts to make it a crime to deny that the Ottoman Empire's treatment of the Armenians in 1915-18 [ANI backgrounder] was genocide, Turkey [CIA factbook; JURIST news archive] could pass a law [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 11:21 am
[JURIST] European nations are among the worst violators of refugee rights [country list] because of the countries' strict border policies and their treatment of refugee seekers, according to a report [materials] released by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) [official website] on Thursday. [read post]
23 Mar 2003, 10:22 am
[JURIST] Sunday's field reports from the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross are now available. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
The National Right to Life Committee held its annual convention in Pittsburgh late last month in Pittsburgh. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 5:37 am
Why the difference in treatment? [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 6:52 am
The allegations by Ramzan Kadyrov [BBC profile] came just days after the Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) [official website] released a report [text] [read post]
16 Feb 2005, 10:08 pm
[JURIST] Senator Arlen Specter [official website], the chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee charged with vetting judicial nominees, including Supreme Court candidates, announced Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with a form of cancer known as Hodgkin's Disease [American Cancer Society backgrounder] and will undergo chemotherapy treatment. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 2:03 pm
[JURIST] The Kenyan government Friday said in response to a report [press release] by the UN Committee on Torture [official website] focusing on post-election violence that occurred in the country in late 2007 and early 2008 that it was taking initiatives to eliminate torture and other inhumane treatment. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 5:47 pm
During a House committee hearing today Monday, officials who oversee the program said the growth of [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 3:18 pm
Some sources estimate [AFP report] that over 290 Palestinians detained in Israel are on hunger strike, with about 70 requiring medical treatment to live. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 6:07 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for the West Bank and Gaza Strip [UNICEF backgrounder], Richard Falk called Thursday, called [press release] for better guidelines on the treatment of Palestinian youth [UN News Centre report] arrested by the Israeli military. in a report to the General Assembly's human rights committee, Falk expressing concern about reports of violence against children during arrest [AP report] and detention:Since 2007, the number of Palestinian… [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 7:00 am
According to Congressman Collins, who I spoke with via telephone on Friday, March 6, 2015, there was a great deal of treatment of the SEA at the subcommittee level during the 113th Congress, but now during the 114th Congress consideration will move to the full Committee level, which suggests a seriousness about getting something done. ''Music licensing will be an area where something bubbles up this Congress,'' Collins explained. ''I'm hoping the… [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 2:06 am
As the chairman of the Juvenile Treatment sub-committee of the Delaware Sex Offender Management Board, I have seen many cases involving adolescents and adults over the last 15 [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 3:55 pm
Speaking to reporters at an International Committee of the Red Cross meeting, Bellinger said:Critics have suggested that [...] the [read post]
