Sentences with phrase «in absentia former»

In November 2011, the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission purportedly exercised universal jurisdiction to try and convict in absentia former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the invasion of Iraq.

[41][42] In May 2012, the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

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«The decision was by voting; one dissenting, six absentia, and 70 votes in favour of the motion to affirm the decision,» General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong announced at the end of the marathon meeting attended by former President John Kufuor and flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

Outstanding Alliance Award — International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Research and Policy Award — Mary H. Terzino, Former Assistant General Counsel, The Dow Chemical Company State Legislative Achievement Award — in absentia — The Honorable Joe Straus, Texas House of Representatives Individual Achievement Award — William C. Burton, Sagat Burton LLP