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Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails And Justice Before The Committee On The Judiciary And Public Safety Of The Council Of The District Of Columbia, Katherine S. Broderick
Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails And Justice Before The Committee On The Judiciary And Public Safety Of The Council Of The District Of Columbia, Katherine S. Broderick
D.C. Council Testimony
Statement of the District Task Force on Jails and Justice Before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia. Performance Oversight Hearing for the D.C. Department of Corrections. Katherine S, Broderick. March 2, 2022.
Missing In Action: Prisoners Of War At Guantanamo Bay, Jerica M. Morris-Frazier
Missing In Action: Prisoners Of War At Guantanamo Bay, Jerica M. Morris-Frazier
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
The United States of America has presented a national and international image of fairness, justice, and humane treatment of others, while abiding by the laws to which it is bound. However, the reputation of the United States has been tarnished by its seemingly prolonged internment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. After reports of torture, sexual degradation, and the refusal to apply prisoner of war status to any of the detainees the world is looking to the United States for answers and demanding changes to the current situation at Guantanamo Bay. This paper focuses on the lack of application of prisoner …
Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Antioch Law Journal
In McFeeley v. The United Kingdom, seven prisoners in the H-Block cells of Northern Ireland's Maze Prison filed an application against the government of the United Kingdom, hoping to attain political prisoner status under Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter the Convention).I The seven prisoners also alleged violations of Articles 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of the Convention. 2 The European Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter the Com- mission) declared most of the application inadmissible. The Commission found that granting special status to the prisoners was …