terrorism

Teaching IHL

January 08, 2009 05:36

This week, my institution, Santa Clara University School of Law, is hosting our third International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Workshop with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Details here. The workshop, which is open to second- and third-year law students, features lectures and hands-on...

Blame Brain Drain?

Mark Bennett
January 06, 2009 23:03

[Co-written by Jennifer Bennett.] The Bombay Metropolitan Magistrate Court Bar Association has adopted a resolution barring its members from representing Mohammed Ajmal Kasab (Law and Other Things blog), the sole surviving November 26th attacker. Lawyers often feel pressure not to represent people...

Seven Years of Imprisonment and Zero Charges Later, Canada Frees Syrian Terror Suspect

January 04, 2009 01:46

Syrian terror suspect Hassan Almrei was released Friday by Canadian authorities after spending seven years in custody without being formally charged.  Justice Richard Mosley of federal court said in a written statement that the continued detention Almrei, accused of being a threat to national s...

Reparations for "terrorists"?

December 28, 2008 16:31

(In this guest post, Lisa Laplante discusses her recent article examining whether the award of reparations victims of human rights violations turns on the status of those victims.)Should victims of human rights violations with alleged or certain ties to groups that use terrorism receive...

Guest Blogger: Lisa Laplante

December 28, 2008 16:27

It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure today to welcome guest blogger Lisa Laplante (right).A Visiting Assistant Professor at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lisa's worked in human rights for more than a decade, with institutions such as Human Rights Watch, the International...