International Commission of Jurists

USA: Hearings Begin at Guantánamo Bay

Sep 8, 2004

Military court proceedings for four detainees, two Yemenis, a Sudanese and an Australian currently held at the US army base began on 25 August and lasted four days. The detainees are being tried under the Military Order on the Detention, Treatment, and Trial of...

Colombian Constitutional Court Rules Anti-terror Law Unconstitutional

Sep 8, 2004

On 30 August, following a challenge by the Colombian Commission of Jurists, an ICJ affiliate, and other NGOs, the Colombian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional Legislative Act N∞2 2003, which granted judicial police powers to the military in cases of...

UK Court of Appeal Admits Evidence Obtained Through Torture

Sep 8, 2004

The UK Court of Appeal, the second highest court in the country, allowed the use in UK courts of evidence obtained through torture in other countries against suspects detained under anti-terrorism legislation. In a 2-1 decision delivered on 11 August, the Court ruled...

UK Parliamentary Committee Criticises Emergency Powers

Aug 26, 2004

In a report released on 4 August, the UK Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights called on the Government to end the indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects without trial. The committee, made up of six members of the House of Commons and six members of...
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