Libya says it wants to put Saif al-Qaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi on trial in Tripoli, rather than send them to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But its leaders' options are constrained by their international obligations.
Posts Tagged “international law”
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Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that the right to marriage cannot be curtailed by the country's efforts to control undocumented migration.
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The killing of bin Laden does not mean the end to conflict with terrorists and militants or an end to the use of targeted killing operations in Pakistan. But it should mark an end to years of secret targeted killings by the United States.
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Unfamiliar with the concept? You aren't alone. Welcome to the next big thing in international justice.
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Vera Franz of the Open Society Foundations talks about the importance of reforming intellectual property rights, which affect everything from the availability of textbooks, software, and medicines, as well as innovation in technology and free communication on the Internet.
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Naomi Campbell is to be served a subpoena and compelled to testify in the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor, about an alleged diamond gift she received from the former Liberian president in 1997.
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Doctors in the United States are taught "First, do no harm." But what ethical and legal standards govern when a medical professional who works for the CIA is present when "enhanced" interrogation methods are applied to a detainee?
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Health, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: CIA, doctors, human rights, international law, interrogation, medicine, Nancy Chang, torture
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OSI's David Holiday spoke with the editor of El Faro about his recent exclusive interview with a former death squad member who participated in the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, one of the most shocking crimes in the modern history of El Salvador.
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In 1992, Rosalind Williams—an African-American woman and naturalized Spanish citizen—stepped off the train at a railway station in Spain and was immediately asked to produce her ID. When asked why she was the only person being stopped, the police officer explained that he was following...
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: ethnic profiling, international law, Rachel Aicher, Rosalind Williams, video
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President Obama has at least met his obligation not to permit disappearances or torture or cruel punishment under his watch; he has utterly failed to meet his commitment to accountability.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: accountability, international law, Morton Halperin, torture
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