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Maher Arar Rendition Report
Last Friday the so called "Arar Commission" declassified certain withheld sections of the Canadian government report concluded last fall into the rendition,...
Legacy of Nuremberg II
As I previewed earlier, this morning I moderated a fascinating panel at the ABA meeting on the Legacy of Nuremberg. The panelists...
World Justice Project and Forum
I just attended a very interesting session here at the ABA meeting. The international section pulled together a large group of foreign...
Concern Grows About Gitmo
At CGS we have consistently pushed for the U.S. to close the detention facilities at Gitmo. We have noted that there are...
Legacy of Nuremberg
After a day that started a bit before 4am I have finally made it to the American Bar Association annual meeting in...
Gaffney Plus Washington Times Equals Hilarity
I'm honestly not sure which is more hysterical: Frank Gaffney's most recent Washington Times column, which argues that the Russians laid claim...
What’s Cooking With the Large Economies Summit on Climate Change
I hinted in a couple of posts last week that I attended an interesting meeting with a White House official last week...
Report says U.S.-sanctioned torture methods are illegal
A new report on torture - principally written by Dr. Scott Allen, clinical assistant professor at Brown University and member of Physicians...
From Mark Goldberg on Sudan and the International Criminal Court
I just got a fascinating note in my inbox from Mark Goldberg, who writes regularly for UN Dispatch and the American Prospect....
Remembering Hiroshima…
Next Monday, August 6th, marks the 62nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb, Little Boy, in...
UNEPS Could Be In Darfur Right Now
I want to congratulate the governments that worked through the UN Security Council to pass Resolution 1769 on Tuesday. It officially creates...