Articles tagged with: Supreme Court
By Sahar Aziz
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder. The plaintiffs, a human rights organization and a retired federal judge, sought to teach international human rights …
By Mohammad Fadel
While the ordinary U.S. Supreme Court case doesn’t grab the attention of foreign policy specialists, Holder v. The Humanitarian Law Project, argued Feb. 23, 2010, is one of those rare exceptions.
Depending on how …
By Faisal Kutty
The second issue of Prism Magazine is now available online. The not-for-profit journal launched last month by Maher Arar describes itself as a “security practices monitor”.
The journal has an impressive list …
By Gloria Galloway
The Conservative government will not ask for Omar Khadr to be repatriated from an American detention centre in Cuba despite a Supreme Court ruling that his rights have been violated, the Foreign Affairs …
By Gar Pardy
The Supreme Court has spoken its last words on Omar Khadr. Regrettably it is a political decision and one that has little to do with justice, fundamental or temporal. Surprisingly all nine justices …
By Edward Alden
Benamar Benatta was mysteriously handed over by Canada to U.S. authorities the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and spent nearly five years in American jails without ever being convicted of a crime.
Earlier …
By Omar Alghabra
The matter of “Security Certificate” is garnering news headlines again. Today, the federal court struck down a certificate against a Mississauga resident.
Security Certificate is a deportation instrument that the government can employ to …
By Thomas Walkom
Another of Ottawa’s national security claims has proved bogus. For more than seven years, the federal government and its security bureaucrats insisted that alleged terrorist Hassan Almrei so threatened Canada that he had …
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post
The Supreme Court today put aside objections from the Obama administration and said it will consider whether judges have the right to release into the U.S. detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, …
By Ray Pennings
The passage of time and the progress of cultural development continue to make positive changes in society, but surely Canadians are saddened by the process that has put the existence of Alberta’s Hutterite …
By Gianne Broughton
The recent decision by the Supreme Court not to hear the case regarding the Safe Third Country Agreement raises serious questions about balances of powers in Canadian democracy. In the Safe Third Country …
JURIST Guest Columnist Bruce Miller of Western New England College School of Law says that despite the Obama administration’s intent to criminally charge Ali Al-Marri in a US court, his challenge to his detention as …
