The Legality of Nuclear Weapons: Dissenting Opinion of Judge Shahabuddeen
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Two Views of the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons
The International Court of Justice and the Scottish High Court Published as Peter Weiss, The International Court of Justice and the Scottish High Court: Two Views of the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons, Waseda Proceedings of Comparative Law, Vol.4 (2001), p. … Read more . . .
Decision of the ICJ on the legality of nuclear weapons
Decision of the International Court of Justice on the legality of nuclear weapons The court undertook seven separate votes, all of which were passed:[13] 1. The court decided to comply with the request for an advisory opinion;[6] 2. The court … Read more . . .
Life of US citizen worth lives of 1,000 Afghans
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2011124571_apasafghanpaybacktime.html Posted on Fri, Feb. 19, 2010 US compensates Afghans for death, damage from war CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA The Associated Press BADULA QULP, Afghanistan – The fallout of war has a price in southern Afghanistan. U.S. Army units fighting the Taliban … Read more . . .
Evidence Showing That The USA Is Becoming A Police State
Evidence Showing That The USA Is Becoming A Police State By Zack Smith (2006-2007) See: http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/PoliceState.html … Read more . . .
Undermining the US Constitution and the rule of law
Rewriting the rules of American justice Sunday, July 27, 2008 We are, sadly, accustomed to hearing President George W. Bush’s lawyers justify this administration’s ceaseless efforts to undermine the Constitution and the rule of law: intrusions on privacy, warrantless wiretapping, … Read more . . .
Calling for USA-EU cooperation to protect borders against illegal immigrants
Finding solutions to a shared problem By Stewart Baker Tuesday, July 22, 2008 WASHINGTON: Illegal immigration is increasingly forcing itself onto the European agenda. President Nicolas Sarkozy recently announced that France will make illegal immigration a top priority for its … Read more . . .
U.S. Reaches Tentative Deal With Europe on SWIFT Bank Data
June 29, 2007 U.S. Reaches Tentative Deal With Europe on Bank Data By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON, June 28 ? A new agreement between the Bush administration and the European Union will allow the United States government to continue a once … Read more . . .
Belgian Government knew about SWIFT-CIA secret cooperation
The SWIFT-CIA Program: The Tempest or Much Ado About Nothing? … Read more . . .
Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror
New York Times, June 23, 2006 Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON, June 22 ? Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, … Read more . . .
U.S. may invoke ‘state secrets’ to squelch suit against Swift
U.S. may invoke 'state secrets' to squelch suit against Swift The Belgian banking cooperative secretly let the CIA comb through millions of financial records as it tried to track terrorists' financing. IHT By Eric Lichtblau Published: August 31, 2007 WASHINGTON: … Read more . . .
Europe’s central banks and SWIFT caught in US spy scandal
Europe's central banks caught in US spy scandal Called to account over post-9/11 snooping By Mark Ballard http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/27/swift_central_banks/ Published Wednesday 27th September 2006 15:06 GMT The European Central Bank (ECB) knew the US was conducting a secret probe of the … Read more . . .
The extention of NATO to domestic repression
The extention of NATO to domestic repression In the words of NATO: an Alliance for Freedom, “it is urgent for the Atlantic Alliance to organize a series of top-level meetings, not only among foreign and defense ministers, but also among … Read more . . .
Troops told Geneva rules don’t apply to Taliban
Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been told the Geneva Conventions and Canadian regulations regarding the rights of prisoners of war don’t apply to Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters captured on the battlefield. That decision strips detainees of key rights and protections under the rules of war, including the right to be released at the end of the conflict and not to be held criminally liable for lawful combat.
Read more . . . Amnesty International concerned about US legalisation of inhuman treatment
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA PUBLIC STATEMENT January 5, 2006 Amnesty International USA Cites Great Concern Over President Bush’s Undermining of New Anti-Torture Law Amnesty International USA today expressed great concern over the President’s official “signing statement” providing his interpretation of law … Read more . . .
A Scofflaw in the White House: Undermining Respect for Law
On March 9, the Bush administration announced its decision to withdraw the United States from an International Court of Justice protocol on Consular Relations that the U.S. proposed in 1963 and ratified in 1969. We were the first country to invoke the measure to protect our citizens abroad after the taking of 52 U.S. hostages in Tehran, Iran in 1979… "The International Covenant on Economic, Social. and Cultural Rights" asserts the right of all human beings to freely pursue their social and cultural development and promotes the right to work, the right to unionize and the right to receive "social security, including social insurance", the right to have adequate living conditions, the right to be free from hunger and the right to education. We signed this covenant in 1977 and never ratified it, though 151 other nations have. "The Convention on Discrimination Against Women" that asserts equality of men and women and rejects discrimination against women, including women?s reproductive rights, was signed by the U. S. in 1980, and 179 nations have ratified it. We are the only industrialized country to fail to ratify it. The "Convention on the Rights of the Child" asserts broad and inalienable rights for children under 18 to be free from want, abuse and exploitation as well as to express their beliefs and ideas. The U.S. signed it in 1995 and 191 nations who signed have ratified. Only the U.S. and Somalia have not. The "UN Framework Convention on Climate Control (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol" are interesting testaments to the arrogance of the Bush scofflaw mentality when faced with the scientific reality of human over-use of fossil fuels causing global warming and climate change. We ratified the UNFCCC in 1992 and signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1998 but never ratified it. The Bush administration has now pulled out of negotiations. 189 other nations have ratified including Russia.. The "Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court(ICC) that has international jurisdiction to prosecute individuals (not states) for crimes such as genocide, as well as other crimes against humanity, has been signed by 120 nations, but Bush?s scofflaw gang does not want the U.S. to participate…
Read more . . . American Disengagement with the International Criminal Court
ISSN 1522-211X O J P C R The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution Issue 6.1 American Disengagement with the International Criminal Court: Undermining International Justice and U.S. Foreign Policy Goals[1] Emily Krasnor George Washington Williams, … Read more . . .
The United States Dropped the Atomic Bomb of Article 16 of the ICC Statute: S.C. resolution 1422
"[Security Council] Resolution 1422 was adopted despite the reservations held by the international community. How and why the Council reached the majority of nine affirmative votes, despite the obvious opposition toward the Resolution by many Member States, remains a mystery."
Read more . . . Foreign Network at Front of CIA’s Terror Fight
Foreign Network at Front of CIA’s Terror Fight Joint Facilities in Two Dozen Countries Account for Bulk of Agency’s Post-9/11 Successes By Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 18, 2005; Page A01 The CIA has established joint operation … Read more . . .
Priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIESBrussels, 30.11.2005COM(2005) 621 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THEEUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration: First follow-up to Hampton Court See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/dec/com-621-05-migration.pdf … Read more . . .