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“The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has announced that the English translation of its decision in the case Claude Reyes et al v. Chile is already available at the Court’s website: (link to the word document version)…in this case the Inter-American Court upheld that the right to access to information is a human right under …
Follow up to January 7, 2007 posting, Presidential Signing Statement for Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act Includes Power to Open Mail, see this press release today: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for National Security Studies today filed three Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the immediate release of records related to President …
“Center for Democracy and Technology today urged lawmakers to adopt an approach to Internet-related policymaking that protects fundamental civil liberties, reestablishes meaningful privacy protections and paves the way for the United States’ continued leadership in technological innovation. In its Congressional Agenda for the 110th Congress, CDT offers both a broad overview of the challenges associated …
Remarks by Secretary Michael Chertoff to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., Release Date: January 18, 2007. “I think we owe you clarity about who is an authoritative source. I think we ourselves have realized, in part, as part of our after-action on Katrina and some other things that have happened, that we …
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on
Press release: “A diverse group of companies, academics, investors, technology leaders and human rights organizations announced today its intention to seek solutions to the free expression and privacy challenges faced by technology and communications companies doing business internationally. The process which aims to produce a set of principles guiding company behavior when faced with …
Hass, Douglas A., “Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act of 2006”. Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 82, Spring 2007 Available at SSRN. “This Note summarizes whether terrorist attacks implicate the laws of war, what protections are due parties detained in the War on Terror, and concludes that only the laws applicable to non-international armed …
Manaul for Military Commissions released by the Department of Defense, January 18, 2007 (238 pages, PDF)[Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600 (Oct. 17, 2006)] Part I Preamble Part II Rules for Military Commissions Part III Military Commission Rules of Evidence Part IV Crimes and …
In a letter today to Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, Chairman and Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Gonzales stated, “…a Judge of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) issued orders authorizing the Government to target for collection international communications into or out of the United States where there is a probable cause …
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., January 17, 2007: “…A strong and independent Judiciary is necessary for our republic to remain strong, for our democracy to survive, and for the rule of law to flourish. To understand what I mean by independence, let me first clarify …
Treatment of Immigration Detainees Housed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facilities, OIG-07-01 (PDF, 59 pages), December 2006.
Press release: “The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) issued its ninth bimonthly report on the human rights situation in the country covering the period 1 November to 31 December 2006. The report describes the rampant violence which continues to claim the lives of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians. The Report indicated that 6,376 civilians …
