Sentences with phrase «nuremberg military tribunals»

Under his regime, many Republican figures fled the country, and those who stayed were tried by military tribunals.

It is not the first time that concerns over government spying have rocked the Guantanamo military tribunals.

The prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen will face a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, US defense officials say.

But with the massive and U.S. - dominated military response, and with the talk of American military tribunals, this option is no longer a possibility.

Peoples» courts and military tribunals in the newer nations and some older ones too?

By which he means, no less than I do, killed in battle, imprisoned for life, or executed after a lawful but expeditious trial or military tribunal.

Apologists have also argued that the Bush military tribunals will give defendants enough rights.

Yet President Bush's order creating military tribunals to try those suspected of links to terrorism has aroused little public uproar.

As opposed to, for example, a military tribunal or inquisitorial court.

Israel uses military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, although according to the US Supreme Court, this is a proper interpretation of the rules of war and terror suspects are not entitled to further considerations.

The military tribunal was determined to convict him and his 1.5 accomplices for committing treason, which in Ghana is punishable by death.

The father of late Harun, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, was a senior Nigerian Army officer and writer who was executed by the government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on 5 March 1986 following a military tribunal death sentence for treason associated with an abortive coup.

Bush — yes; Obama — yes Military tribunals instead of open trials for terror suspects?

«When you all reported lavishly how under the former president, the former defence chief set up a military tribunal to try soldiers who ran away from the battlefield and they were condemned to death, it was only Femi Falana who was consistent in fighting their case.

In 2006, a Russian military tribunal had convicted Skripal, a former colonel in Russia's foreign intelligence service, of treason.

It «tells the story of Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt (Robin Wright Penn), who was tried as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, and Col. Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), who reluctantly agreed to defend her before a military tribunal.»

However, the military tribunal ruled in Desmond's favor after his World War I veteran father (Hugo Weaving) showed up to testify on his behalf.

The Oath Director: Laura Poitras Filmed in Yemen, The Oath tells the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison who is the first man to face the controversial military tribunals at Guantanamo.

Amongst them is Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), the lone woman, owner of a boarding house where the men planned their attack, and mother of the only conspirator to escape the manhunt, who is to stand before a military tribunal, at which Aiken has agreed to defend her.

As I researched the topic further, I discovered a trail of romance and tragedy, deceptive dealings by J. Edgar Hoover, and a secret military tribunal convened by FDR.

In October 1995 a military tribunal tried and convicted Saro - Wiwa of murder.

I'm not aware of any federal controls over the attorney - client relationship or attorney - client privilege (except with regard to the recent encroachment on attorney - client communications in the representation of enemy combatants in connection with Guantanamo and Bush administration military tribunals).

It is in this light that we have protested Mr. Khadr's subjection to the military tribunal process in Guantánamo Bay and called for his repatriation.

The ruling is one of four that, in my view at least, repudiate the notion that the US Gov» t can arrest people indefinitely without a real trial and real trial means real — constitutionally valid — trial, even if it's a military tribunal.

Surely these military tribunals do a more than adequate job trying these cases.

By a 5 - 3 majority, the court struck down the military tribunals system, holding the tribunals inconsistent with military law and the Geneva Conventions.

In this CNN story, Kendall Coffey, a former US Attorney viewed the verdict as a «critical vindication» for DOJ and at the same time, raises questions about whether military tribunals are necessary.

The first stage provides 6,755 pages of documents relating to the Medical Case, which was case 1 of the trials conducted by the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (USA v. Karl Brandt et al.), as well as analysis of many documents relating to cases 2 (USA v. Erhard Milch) and 4 (USA v. Oswald Pohl et al.).

Teesdale has released a short documentary video in which, on a beach in Guantanamo bay, he explains that hospital worker and teacher Adel Hamad has been held for years in detention and denied release even after a member of the military tribunal reviewing his case called his incarceration «unconscionable.»

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, arrested last Christmas for trying to explode a bomb on a plane arriving in Detroit, has begun talking again to authorities, officials said Tuesday, a development that only ratcheted up the debate over whether he should be tried in federal court or before a military tribunal...» My understanding is that he is cooperating,» she said, «that they have gotten useful information out of him.

Capitalizing on a deep pool of talent, resources and commitment, the firms successfully challenged the issue of the legality of the military tribunals all the way up to the Supreme Court, garnering deserved accolades, while fending off efforts by former Assistant Defense Department Secretary Cully Stimson to intimidate the firms into dropping the detainees» cases.

The Nuremberg Tribunal considered a number of factors relevant to its conclusion that the authors of particular prohibitions incur individual responsibility: the clear and unequivocal recognition of the rules of warfare in international law and State practice indicating an intention to criminalize the prohibition, including statements by government officials and international organizations, as well as punishment of violations by national courts and military tribunals (id., at 445 - 47, 467).

Based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Military Tribunals (aka the Combatant Status Review Tribunals or CSRTs)

Article 12 makes triable by general court martial «any other person who, by the law of war, is [triable] by military tribunals.»

If the military tribunals have lawful authority to hear, decide, and condemn, their action is not subject to judicial review merely because they have made a wrong decision on disputed facts.

It thus adopted the system of military common law applied by military tribunals so far as it should be recognized and deemed applicable by the courts, and as further defined and supplemented by the Hague Convention, to which the United States and the Axis powers were parties.

In fact, so far as Articles 25 and 38 are concerned, this seems obvious for all types of military tribunals.

«The offences cognizable by military commissions may thus be classed as follows: (1) Crimes and statutory offences cognizable by State or U.S. courts, and which would properly be tried by such courts if open and acting; (2) Violations of the laws and usages of war cognizable by military tribunals only; (3) Breaches of military orders or regulations for which offenders are not legally triable by court - martial under the Articles of War.»

appropriate military tribunals, of such Japanese war criminals «as have been or may be apprehended.»

In some instances, the detention was pursuant to sentences imposed by military tribunals for alleged offenses, death being the penalty in one.

So, there would be little benefit to be gained from suspending the writ of habeas corpus in order to allow the use of military tribunals rather than civilian courts to punish civilian participants in a coup.

Also, the post-9-11 experience has been that, contrary to common belief, civilian courts are actually a faster way of resolving cases of non-uniformed persons who commit violent, war - like acts than military tribunals and impose penalties that are just as harsh as those imposed by military tribunals.

According to the National Post, U.S. officials have announced that Khadr would face a military tribunal for his alleged crimes and he was expected to be transferred to a prison facility in Illinois.

Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was once the youngest prisoner held in the Guantanamo military base before being transferred to a prison in Alberta in 2012, has been granted bail and could be released early next month while he appeals his murder conviction by a U.S. military tribunal.

The military system acknowledges that CAF members, who are subject to military discipline under the Code, must be afforded fair, just, and transparent justice.4 To ensure fairness, military tribunals have two tiers.

Robertson's ruling came hours after a military judge rejected Hamdan's arguments that the military tribunals violate the Constitution's equal - protection clause because detainees are not afforded the same rights as civilians or as they would be in a traditional military trial.

Any person charged with an offence has the right... (f) except in the case of an offence under military law tried before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a more severe punishment;

In some parts of the country, during the war of 1812, our officers made arbitrary arrests and, by military tribunals, tried citizens who were not in the military service.

And also at TNR Online, Spencer Ackerman has an essay entitled «Down By Law: Inside Guantanamo's military tribunal.»

A panel interview is usually not like a military tribunal.