Stripping of citizenship
Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.
war crimes
First war crime conviction in Canada
Life sought for Rwandan war crimes Justice Andre Denis is to hand down a sentence on Oct. 29. His verdict in May made Munyaneza the first person to be convicted under Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity…
Impunity
BBC:Â Paralysed girl’s story reflects Gaza’s plight
A Tale of Two War Criminals: Bush and Clinton do Toronto
Reproduced with permission of the author. By Krystalline Kraus [1] When you accuse anyone of war crimes, you’d better be sure you have the evidence to back it up; such an accusation is the equivalent…
Phyllis Bennis on Israel and International Law
Phyllis Bennis, Senior Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies, and author of Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis, Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power,…
Review: Taxi to the Dark Side
This past week, I had the opportunity to check out the Oscar-winning detainee torture documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film was written and directed by Alex Gibney, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in…