USA: Government seeks dismissal of pending Guantánamo cases
On 30 December 2005, President Bush signed the Detainee Treatment Act, which strictly limits the access of Guantánamo detainees to US federal courts. The Government then immediately filed motions to dismiss pending cases filed by Guantánamo detainees, arguing that the...
USA: ICJ honorary member Bertrand Ramcharan awarded the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award
On 6 February 2006, the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award was presented to Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan by the Honorable Joseph E. Irenas, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Eminent Jurists end visit to Colombia
E. Raúl Zaffaroni (Argentina), Robert K. Goldman (United States) and Stefan Trechsel (Switzerland), from the “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights”, left Colombia today.
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