http://aidpblog.org The official blog of the American National Section of the International Association of Penal Law. A discussion site for all things law, with a focus upon criminal justice policy and codification of criminal law; comparative criminal justice; international criminal law; human rights in the administration of criminal justice, and counterterrorism law & policy. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:48:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a link to an op-ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune, June 21, 2008  and to be published in the East Valley Tribune, June 22, 2008 that I have co-authored with Dan Barr of Perkins Coie Brown and Bain proposing the establishment of a US domestic terror court. ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/21/where-should-the-us-try-terrorism-cases-us-should-establish-domestic-terror-courts-to-try-cases/ I regret that my post is delayed somewhat by travel. I am at present writing from Venice, en route to which I had occasion to do more thinking about the implications of Boumediene than I did for detailed dissection of its precise phraseology. The fortuity of my presence ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/18/boumedine-symbolism-over-substance/ The BBC “The World” (radio broadcast) has reported that ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will begin filing indictments against several top Sudanese Government officials next month, accusing the entire government of playing a role in crimes against civilians in Darfur. To date the highest level official to be indicted is ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/17/icc-prosecutor-to-expand-darfur-indictments/   The BBC “The World” (radio broadcast) has reported that ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will begin filing indictments against several top Sudanese Government officials next month, accusing the entire government of playing a role in crimes against civilians in Darfur. To date the highest level official to be indicted is ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/16/icc-prosecutor-to-issue-more-darfur-indictments-next-month/ The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone recently ruled that forced marriage is a new category of crime against humanity, reversing the Trial Chamber's determination that forced marriage was not distinct from the previously recognized crimes against humanity of rape, forced prostitution, and sexual slavery.   "What had occurred ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/16/forced-marriage-recognized-as-new-international-crime/ I have been invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on June 4, 2008, entitled "Improving Detainee Policy:  Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System."  I will testify regarding my proposal advocating the establishment of a domestic terror court in the US. To watch the Senate ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/06/03/improving-detainee-policy-testimony-before-senate-judiciary-committee-on-june-4/ On May 15, I will speak before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment. The hearing is titled “The Resilient Homeland: How DHS Intelligence Should Empower America to Prepare for, Prevent, and Withstand Terrorist Attacks." The hearing will convene at 10:00 a.m. ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/05/13/the-resilient-homeland-testimony-before-us-house-subcommittee-on-may-15/ On June 24, 2007, the Iraqi High Tribunal handed down its decision in the Anfal Campaign trial, convicting "Chemical Ali" (Ali Hassan al-Majid) and five other high ranking military leaders of the former Iraqi Regime of international crimes related to their roles in a 1980s crackdown against northern Iraqi Kurds ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/03/20/transcript-of-anfal-trial-judges-12908-presentation-at-case-western-reserve-now-available-on-grotian-moment-website/ In response to President Bush's decision to veto legislation outlawing waterboarding, Daniel C. Barr (Perkins Coie Brown & Bain) and I wrote this op-ed, Veto of Bill Banning Torture Places Interrogators in a Bind, published in today's Salt Lake Tribune. Cross-posted on National Security Advisors Blog. Learn more information about my casebook ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/03/15/veto-of-bill-banning-torture-places-interrogators-in-a-bind/ View my debate with John T. Parry, Light at the End of the Pipeline?: Choosing a Forum for Suspected Terrorists Abstract: Despite the fact that six years have passed since 9/11, the Pentagon's recent decision to try six Guantanamo detainees for capital crimes such as terrorism and support of terrorism made ... http://aidpblog.org/2008/02/28/light-at-the-end-of-the-pipeline-choosing-a-forum-for-suspected-terrorists/