Tag Archives: United States
By Editor | Published: November 29, 2012
November 28, 2012, Utica, NY, United States. U.S. immigration agents arrested Sulejman Mujagic, 50, on an extradition request made by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Mujagic is accused of unlawfully killing one (Ekrem Baltic) and torturing another (Nisvet Cordic) soldier of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 6, 1995. At that time, Mr. Mujagic was [...]
Posted in BiH WCS | Also tagged Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Commander, Ekrem Baltic, extradition, HIS, Homeland Security Investigations, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York, Nisvet Cordic, permanent resident, prisoner of war, Sulejman Mujagic, torture, Una-Sana Canton, unlawful killing, unlawful wounding, Utica, war crime
By Editor | Published: November 27, 2010
Who: Eric A Posner, University of Chicago – Law School What: Human Rights, the Laws of War, and Reciprocity Where: SSRN Abstract: “Human rights law does not appear to enjoy as high a level of compliance as the laws of war, yet is institutionalized to a greater degree. This paper argues that the reason for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Qaeda, collective action problem, compliance, human rights, human rights law, institutionalization, laws of war, military reprisal, public good, reciprocity, self-enforcement, self-enforcing, structure of international law
By Editor | Published: June 23, 2010
2010-06-15, New York, United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y. allowing a victim of a Hamas bombing in Israel to attach Iranian bank’s property in satisfaction of a civil judgment. The case arose as a result of the [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged 09-3034-cv, 1605(a)(7), 28 U.S.C., abrogation of immunity, Algiers Accords, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Fallahian-Khuzestani, Amalya L. Kearse, American citizen, Article IV.2, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Bank Melli Iran, Bank of New York, Bank Saderat Iran, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, civil action against foreign state, David Weinstein, death, Department of State, estate, Fifth Amendment, Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, Forest Hills, FSIA, Hamas, Hazi & David Weinstein, Hostage Crisis, instrumentality, Ira Weinstein, Ira William Weinstein, Iranian bank, Iranian Ministry Of Information And Security, Islamic Republic Of Iran, Israel, Jed S. Rakoff, Jeffrey A. Miller, Jennifer Weinstein, Jennifer Weinstein Hazi, Jerusalem, Joseph Weinstein, judgment, Laina C. Lopez, Leonard D. Wexler, material support, New York, non-party, personal injury, Peter W. Hall, proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, property, Queens, separate juridical status, separation of powers doctrine, state sponsored terrorism, subject matter jurisdiction, substantial monetary support, suicide bombing, Susan Weinstein, Takings Clause, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, terrorist act, terrorist attacks, third party, Thomas G. Corcoran Jr., tort, Treaty of Amity, TRIA, U.S. Constitution, United States citizen. 201(a), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, victim, wrongful death
By Editor | Published: June 14, 2010
2010-06-11, Columbus, Ohio, United States. Abdi Aden Magan, former Chief of the Somali Security Service filed a response to the complaint that alleged that he is responsible for torture. According to the news reports, it appears that the defendant pleaded the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act on the basis that he acted in official capacity, limitations [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Abdi Aden Magan, Abukar Hassan Ahmed, Alien Tort Statute, arbitrary detention, ATS, Center for Justice and Accountability, Chief, CJA, Columbus, command responsibility, complaint, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, Department of Investigations, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Kenya, Kristine L. Sendek-Smith, limitations act, Mark J. MacDougall, NSS, official capacity, Ohio, personal responsibility, preferred jurisdiction, Siad Barre, Somali National Security Service, Somali National University, Somaliland, Tiffany Smithm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, torture, Torture Victim Protection Act, TVPA, U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court of Ohio
By Editor | Published: June 8, 2010
2010-06-07, Kampala, Uganda. During the ICC Review Conference, the EU and US representatives continued to disagree on the nature of the crime of aggression. They, however, agreed that the addition of the new crime to the ICC Rome Statute should be done only by consensus. The US State Department’s Legal Adviser, Harold Hongju Koh, stated [...]
Posted in ICC | Also tagged act of aggression, amendment, Article 8bis, Charter, consensus, crime of aggression, delegation, disagreement, European Parliament, execution, Harold Hongju Koh, human rights, ICC, initiation, jurisdiction, Kampala, Legal Adviser, manifest violation, military action, planning, political action, preparation, Review Conference, Richard Howitt, Rome Statute, State Department, Uganda, United Nations, US
By Editor | Published: May 8, 2010
2010-05-05, Delray Beach, FL, United States. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested Gilberto Jordan on immigration fraud charges that were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Mr. Jordan participated in the Dos Erres massacre - a killing and torture of 226 civilians including children and women by a special forces unit [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Brian Skaret, California, civilians, Delray Beach, Dos Erres massacre, Florida, Gilberto Jordan, Guatemalan Army, Hillary Davidson, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Unit, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration fraud, Marie Villafana, murder, Palm Beach County, rape, Riverside, Santa Ana, Southern District of Florida, special forces unit, torture, U.S. District Court
By Editor | Published: May 7, 2010
2010-04-31, Oklahoma City, O.K., United States. Agatha Habyarimana, the widow of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, and Sylvana Ntaryamira, the widow of the Burundian President, Cyprien Ntaryamira, filed a lawsuit against current Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The suit is for wrongful death and murder, [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Agatha Habyarimana, Alien Tort Claims Act, Ariagno, attack, Charles Kayonga, CIV-10-437-W, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Eric Hakizimana, Faustin Nyamwasa Kayumba, federal court, federal question jurisdiction, Franck Nziza, Holmes & Butler, International Humanitarian Law Institute, Jack Nziza, Jackson Nkurunzia, Jacob Tumwine, James Kabarebe, John P. Zelbst, jurisdiction, Juvenal Habyarimana, Kerns, Kurt P. Kerns, L.L.C., lawsuit, Mank and White, Oklahoma City, Paul Kagame, Paul Kagame. Rwandan Patriotic Front, Peter Erlinder, plane, process service, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Rose Kabuye, Rwandan Genocide, Sam Kaka, Samuel Kanyemera, Sylvana Ntaryamira, The United States District Court For The Western District Of Oklahoma, U.S. Federal Extraterritorial Torture Statute, United States Code, Wm. Mitchell College of Law, wrongful death, Zelbst
By Editor | Published: April 28, 2010
2010-04-21, Columbus, Ohio, United States. Abukar Hassan Ahmed filed a complaint against Colonel Abdi Aden Magan, former Chief of the Somali National Security Service Department of Investigations during Siad Barre regime. The Complaint alleges that the plaintiff was tortured on the orders and with participation of the defendant. The plaintiff was a professor of constitutional and [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Abdi Aden Magan, Abukar Hassan Ahmed, Alien Tort Statute, arbitrary detention, ATS, Center for Justice and Accountability, Chief, CJA, Columbus, command responsibility, complaint, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, Department of Investigations, Kristine L. Sendek-Smith, Mark J. MacDougall, NSS, Ohio, personal responsibility, Siad Barre, Somali National Security Service, Somali National University, Tiffany Smithm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, torture, Torture Victim Protection Act, TVPA, U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court of Ohio
By Editor | Published: April 8, 2010
2010-04-07, New York, U.S.A. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued summons to Kamal Nath, current Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways, in the lawsuit filed by Sikhs for Justice on the basis of the Alien Tort Claims Act. The civil law suit accused the minister in leading 1984 anti-Sikh riots [...]
US: Mujagic Arrested for War Crimes Allegedly Committed during Bosnian War