2007 Archives | Page 8 of 20 | International Commission of Jurists

Australia: Parliamentary Committee considers security cooperation treaty with Indonesia

Jun 1, 2007

A Parliamentary Committee is now reviewing the Lombok Agreement, a security treaty signed in November 2006 between Australia and Indonesia. Among other human rights organisations, the Australian Section of the ICJ made a submission before the Committee expressing...

Paraguay: Proposed amendments to the criminal code include broad definition of terrorism

Jun 1, 2007

The lower House of Parliament adopted a bill amending the criminal code, which includes new terrorism related offences. The bill provides for broad definitions of terrorism and of what constitutes a terrorist association. The adoption of the bill is pending before the...

Canada: Court refuses to disclose all secret evidence in terrorism case

Jun 1, 2007

In the case of Mohammed Momin Khawaja, the first individual charged under Canada’s Anti- terrorism Act, the Ontario Superior Court decided not to disclose all secret evidence to the defence lawyers but to provide them with a summary of the evidence. The Government has...

Canada: New agreement signed on transfer of detainees in Afghanistan

Jun 1, 2007

On 3 May, the Canadian and Afghan Governments signed an agreement on transfer of detainees supplementing an earlier agreement from December 2005. The new agreement came after weeks of public debate in Canada about allegations that detainees captured by the Canadian...

United States: Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge on deportation of detainee to Libya

Jun 1, 2007

On 30 April, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita against his deportation from Guantánamo Bay to Libya. Mr Zalita claims he is at risk of torture if returned to Libya. The US Government stated in this case that, under the Military...