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The New York Times reports:
As leaders from Brazil and Iran met here on Monday, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, defended his decision to play host to the Iranian president at a moment of rising tension over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
In his national radio show, Mr. da Silva said that “you don’t move forward by leaving Iran isolated.”
“If Iran …
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November 23, 2009 # 12:48 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFederal Judge Gladys Kessler orders detainee Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed to be released
November 22, 2009 # 1:55 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentIn case you missed this, the Miami Hearld reports:
A federal judge Friday ordered the Obama administration to free a long-held Guantánamo captive who fled his native Algeria years ago and kicked around Europe as a construction worker for a decade before his capture in Pakistan.
Judge Gladys Kessler’s order to free Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed, 48, raised to 31 the number …
Video: President Obama discusses his Asian trip
November 21, 2009 # 4:32 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights # No CommentFormer Bush Administration Justice Department officials on Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others in federal court
November 20, 2009 # 4:42 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentFormer Justice Department officials James Comey and Jack Goldsmith have a very thoughtful op ed in today’s Washington Post. The write:
Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetrators in a Manhattan federal court. But some prominent criticisms are exaggerated, and others place undue faith in military …
US War Crimes ambassador addresses the ICC Assembly of Parties
November 20, 2009 # 1:53 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe AP reports:
The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.Stephen Rapp’s brief remarks marked the first time a U.S. diplomat has addressed the 110-nation Assembly of State Parties, which oversees the court’s work and budget.
He also held …
Video: This Day in History: 1863, The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2009 # 4:41 pm # Armed Conflict, Human Rights # 2 CommentsThe Gettysburg Address
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great …
Blood diamonds: More indications that the Kimberley Process is failing
November 19, 2009 # 1:47 am # Human Rights # No CommentA previous post discussed troubling news about the Kimberley Process for regulating the trade in diamond. Now the Liberian Observer is reporting:
Spokesman for the Kimberly Process International Civil Society Coalition, Alfred Lahai Brownell Sr., says production and trade in conflict diamonds from Cote d’Ivoire and other countries is increasing.In a speech delivered recently at a Kimberly Process plenary meeting held …
