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Torture
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ImmigrationProf Blog
ACLU Calls for Independent Prosecutor
The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder reiterating its call for the Department of Justice to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the authorization to…
International Law Prof Blog
ICJ to Hold Hearing on Request for Provisional Measures (Belgium v. Senegal)
The International Court of Justice will hold three days of public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures in the proceedings that the Kingdom of Belgium brought…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Yoo’s perspective on the OLC “torture” memos
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John Yoo, author of some of the just-released OLC memos from the Bush Administration (see our blog here) has this to say about the memos:These memos I wrote were not…
International Law Prof Blog
The Absolute Prohibition of Torture and Necessary and Appropriate Sanctions
Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center has uploaded a new version of his article on liabilty for torture. The paper addresses cases and other material confirming that…
International Law Prof Blog
Belgium institutes proceedings against Senegal at the ICJ
On February 19, Belgium instituted proceedings against Senegal at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Senegal has breached its obligation to prosecute the former President of Chad,…
International Law Prof Blog
UN High Commimssioner for Human Rights Welcomes Obama’s Announcement on Guantanamo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomed the decision by the new United States administration to close the detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, as well as the decision…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
President Obama Closes Secret Prisons, Guantanamo, and Halts Torture
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President Obama today signed three executive orders closing overseas secret prisons, closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within one year, and halting abusive interrogation techniques. The NYT reports here.Obama…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Detainee Qahtani Tortured, says Crawford
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Susan Crawford, the administration's official in charge of deciding to bring Guantanamo detainees to trial, said that "[w]e tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani," according to Bob Woodward's story in today's WaPo.Crawford dismissed…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Senate Armed Services Committee Releases Report on Torture
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) yesterday released the executive summary and conclusions of the Committee's report on detainee treatment. The summary…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Republican Party Platform on Immigration, Torture, etc.
We previously looked at the Democratic Party Platform on immigration. The GOP Platform, which has been the subject of some previous blog posts, on pages 3-4 lays out the party…