Sentences with phrase «military tribunals in»

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

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.

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It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

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.

The historian Josephus records, in both The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews, that an unarmed crowd came before Pilate's tribunal at coastal Caesarea to demand that he remove from Jerusalem the pagan images on his military standards.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

As summarized by the SCOTUS Blog, in a 5 - 3 the Court held that President Bush did not have authority to set up the tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and found the commissions illegal under both military justice law and the Geneva conventions.

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).

They are tribunals whose determinations are reviewable by the military authorities either as provided in the military orders constituting such tribunals or as provided by the Articles of War.

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

10, of the Constitution to «define and punish... Offenses against the Law of Nations...» of which the law of war is a part, had, by the Articles of War (10 U.S.C. § § 1471 - 1593), recognized the «military commission» appointed by military command, as it had previously existed in United States Army practice, as an appropriate tribunal for the trial and punishment of offenses against the law of war.

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

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.

Similar to the procedure in A Few Good Men, Canada has a tribunal system for military justice.

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 servicIn 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 servicin the military service.