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International Justice: Tutu's Push for Reform

October 3, 2012 12:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, says that Archbishop Desmond Tutu's statements regarding the prosecution of George W. Bush and Tony Blair serve as an ardent call for advancement towards a...

June 4, 2012 12:19:04 PM

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Reichle v. Howards that two secret service agents are entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging retaliatory arrest. The petitioners are...

May 11, 2012 11:50:29 AM

The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Friday found former US president George W. Bush and seven administration officials guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial. The five-member...

March 22, 2012 09:31:29 AM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Vasquez v. United States on whether the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated the Supreme Court's precedent on harmless...

December 5, 2011 10:08:29 AM

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Reichle v. Howards , a case dealing with qualified immunity . The petitioners are two Secret Service agents who arrested the...

November 23, 2011 06:46:01 AM

The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Tuesday found former US president George W. Bush, former UK prime minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial ....

November 15, 2011 10:37:42 AM

The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) will hold a symbolic four-day war crimes trial against former US president George W. Bush, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and other...

September 11, 2011 11:00:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that despite the plethora of legal and cultural changes that have occurred in the US since September 11, 2001, international law remains the same as it...

July 12, 2011 09:23:36 AM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to begin a criminal investigation into alleged detainee abuses authorized by former US president George W. Bush following the 9/11 terrorist attacks...

July 8, 2011 08:00:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that all instances of torture must be investigated as violations of US and international law and a failure to do so will allow impunity for those who authorized...

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