International Commission of Jurists

USA: Trials by military commissions resume

Feb 16, 2006

On 11 January, military commissions resumed the trials of two Guantánamo detainees by Military Commissions. A constitutional challenge to the legality of such commissions is pending before the Supreme Court in the Hamdan case. On 20 January, the Pentagon announced it...

USA: Government seeks dismissal of pending Guantánamo cases

Feb 16, 2006

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...

EU: Passenger data exchange deal with USA under legal threat

Dec 8, 2005

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice proposes the annulment of the EU-US deal under which airline passenger data has been handed over to US authorities since May 2004. The European Parliament has challenged the deal as violating EU rules on data...

USA: Senate rejects extension of Patriot Act

Dec 8, 2005

While the House of Representatives voted on 14 December to renew provisions of the Patriot Act, the Senate, expressing concerns about broad surveillance of Americans, rejected the extension of this post 11-September anti-terrorism legislation. This comes following the...
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