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11 Dec 2009, 8:18 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
: The Progress of the Duch Trial at the ECCC Francesco Messineo 'Extraordinary Renditions' and State Obligations to Criminalize and Prosecute Torture in the Light of the Abu Omar Case in Italy National Prosecution of International Crimes: Cases and Legislation Nehal C. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 4:13 pm by Lawrence Solum
Furthermore, evidence that the circumstances do not justify such extraordinary measures illustrate that the tension between human rights and counterterrorism requires constant vigilance. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 6:50 am
The article draws on three cases in extra-legal measures have been adopted by the United States: the use of aggressive interrogation techniques that push the limits of torture, secret detention and extraordinary rendition of suspects, and warrantless electronic surveillance. [read post]
7 May 2017, 11:13 pm by Thalia Kruger
Straw, the present study underlines throughout Section II the approach to this case, linked with the “Extraordinary Renditions Programme”, of the United States, and with tortures as well as unlawful detention suffered by the plaintiffs, in which the British Government is denounced as an accomplice. [read post]
20 Nov 2016, 6:52 am by Chris Castle
Leonard was an extraordinary talent as an author, songwriter and artist who inspired us all. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 7:36 am by Fiona de Londras
The latest issue of the Hibernian Law Journal has also just been released and also includes articles relevant to human rights in Ireland on issues such as extraordinary rendition (by Brian O’Beirne) and mass cards (once again by HRinI’s Eoin Daly). [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 2:29 pm by Ateqah Khaki, ACLU
Ten years ago, we could not have imagined that over the following decade, our nation would engage policies that were so at odds with our fundamental values: torture and extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention without charge or trial, racial profiling, and warrantless wiretapping. [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 10:24 am
Stop extraordinary rendition: secretly kidnapping people and sending them to countries that torture. 5. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 11:35 pm
But it is wrong to ignore the Council's accomplishments, among them adoption of the 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (already signed by 57 countries; the United States, whose extraordinary rendition program is implicated, is not among them). [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:13 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Among the highlights: Aasif Mandvi reads a statement by extraordinary rendition victim Khaled el-Masri, whom the ACLU represented in lawsuit against then-CIA director George Tenet. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 3:44 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
These matters are examined at the national, regional, and international levels.The book addresses a wide spectrum of issues, including analysis of key legal principles; emergency and executive measures; radicalization; governmental and institutional impunity; classification, administration and treatment of battlefield detainees; the use of lethal force ; forms of, and treatment in, detention;non-refoulement; diplomatic assurances; interrogation versus torture; extraordinary… [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 9:57 am by Danielle DerOhannesian
  Speakers will include: Jacqueline Moudeina, victims lawyer in the Hissène Habré case at the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal, who will speak about her victims’ quest for justice in Chad; Carsten Weber, of the UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations, who will discuss the rationale for the establishment of the Special Criminal Court in Central African Republic; Gaelle Carayon, Post-Conflict Policy Advisor at REDRESS, who will speak about the… [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 5:25 pm by Jeralyn
The ACLU, which represents Mohamed and others in a lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan for its role in Ghost Air, the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, calls upon President Obama to widen its investigation into the Bush-era torture program: Following Prime Minister Cameron's announcement, the ACLU called on the Obama administration to broaden its own investigation into the Bush-era torture program to include top-level government officials who may… [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 1:54 pm by bricitro
Indeed, that the United States co-opted as many as 54 countries into unlawful CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations may ultimately mean that there is only so much the administration can do to cover up the truth. [read post]
6 May 2009, 2:00 pm
Finally, they will discuss the Brennan Center's longstanding call, recently joined by the chairs of both the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, for the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate, examine, and take lessons from controversial post-9/11 counter-terrorism policies such as abusive interrogation methods, extraordinary rendition, and warrantless surveillance of Americans. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 8:37 am by Cian Murphy
Second, European states might be viewed as less complicit in the use of targeted killing than they were in, say, extraordinary rendition to Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 10:25 am by Tom Parker
In October 2007 Maher Arar testified via video before a joint hearing of House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on extraordinary rendition. [read post]
2 Oct 2010, 3:53 am by Guest Blogger
In the Clinton administration, officials took the next step and began to use “extraordinary rendition” to transfer people who were not in the U.S. and who would not end up in the U.S. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 12:48 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
However, like the ACLU's case against the CIA on behalf of Khaled El-Masri, another victim of the extraordinary rendition program, Arar's case was dismissed by lower courts in the United States without any consideration of his claims of U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 1:42 am by Steve Lubet
Dana was unsuccessful, but one of his biographers characterized his actions as “extraordinary trial advocacy. [read post]