Reimagining the ICC's Role in Delivering Justice to Darfur: A Reflection of Its Agenda in Sudan
As the International Criminal Court (ICC) commemorated over two decades since its establishment, on July 4, 2023, Mr. Karim Khan, the ICC Prosecutor, submitted his thirty-seventh report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in accordance with Resolution 1593 (2005). Addressing the UNSC nine days later, on July 13, 2023, Mr. Khan emphasized the urgent [...]
Federal judge declines to intervene for release of Guantanamo prisoner
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday refused to intervene to overturn a Defense Department decision to continue the detention of Algerian prisoner Sufyian Barhoumi . Responding...
The Status of Guantanamo Detainees in a War that May Never End
J. Wells Dixon, Center for Constitutional Rights
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says the question of whether the government can criminally prosecute an attorney for representing a client said by the executive to...
Illinois prison may be used to house Guantanamo detainees: reports
White House officials are considering purchasing a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , according to media reports Saturday. The Thomson Correctional Facility , a maximum security...
Senate judiciary subcommittee urged to reject 'prolonged detention' policy
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday heard testimony regarding the "legal, moral and national security impact" of long-term, indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects. Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says that the timing of military commissions convening authority Susan Crawford's admission in the last days of the Bush administration that...
Second Circuit rules government must release photos of Iraqi, Afghan prisoners
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that the US Department of Defense must release certain photographs of alleged detainee abuse committed by US soldiers serving in Iraq and...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the United States to close its Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible, reiterating the conclusions of a 54 page report ...
