5 of the most Difficult or Dangerous Countries to Visit While every traveler has their own unique motivation for visiting any part of the word, there are certain areas which no matter what the tourist…
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I recently presented this paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man at the…
For those intrigued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Sudanese elections may speak of things to come. As posted on Turtle Bay (a great Foreign Policy blog detailing the intricacies of the UN), the…
Commenter Lynne rightly points out that even we perhaps jumped to conclusions in the case of Philadelphia law student, Gerald Ung. In January, we linked to Above the Law coverage of Ung, who had been…
When the University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives invited U.S. political pundit, Ann Coulter, to speak, they had to know she would attract attention. Coulter has always been outspokenly controversial with her political positions. But it’s…
Of interest to law students, from Western News: The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must be Prohibited by Richard Matthews Is torture ever a justifiable means to an end? Richard Matthews tackles that question at a…
WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website that provides confidential and sensitive documents for free to the media, human rights groups and the public, has been deemed a threat by the US Army. WikiLeaks has been responsible in…
Interesting post at Persuasive Authorities on the implications of Holder v. The Humanitarian Law Project and Al-Haramain v. Bush, These two cases raise some serious issues for lawyers and law professors who provide legal opinion,…
Nicholas Keung of the Toronto Star says, The issue of state protection has become more contentious following a string of recent federal court challenges – involving refugee claimants from Turkey, Kenya, Mexico, St. Vincent and,…
On Friday, Kory Teneycke, a former top adviser to PM Stephen Harper, was interviewed on CTV’s Power Play about the Khadr decision: Here’s a transcript of the best parts: All of the same sob story…
