Archive for June, 2006

Charles Taylor’s dubious road to justice

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is on its way to The Hague, to be tried for war crmes Viagra Online by the Special Court of Sierra Leone, in the building of the International Criminal Court, as sanctioned by the UN Security Council….. Confusing isn’t it? But first things first: Charles Taylor is being tried for [...]

US court allows indefinite detention of non-citizens

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

A federal judge in the United States has added another disturbing blow to the rule of law in the United States. The often used distinction in treatment between Americans and non-Americans has gone even further now. In a case about the sweeping arrests right after9/11, the federal judge held that non-citizens can be held indefinitely [...]

Around the world

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Lots of stuff to consider interesting again. – Nigeria is ready to hand over a piece of resource rich land to Cameroon, which had been judged to be the latter’s territory by the International Court of Justice. It goes to show that these Gap countries as Barnett would call them, can act according to the [...]

Around the world and the Netherlands

Monday, June 12th, 2006

While in the middle of a possible heatwave and the first games of the World Cup, the world does not bow to the paralysing effects of the heat. Protetst at the Mexico-Iran game against primarily President Ahmadinejad. Turkey has an added problem in its application for EU membership, namely Cyprus. Guantanamo suicides put shameful prison [...]

Van Kouwenhoven not a war criminal

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Dutch businessman Guus van Kouwenhoven has been convicted of illegal arms trade with Liberia’s Charles Taylor, during his reign as president in that country. He had also been accused of war crimes, prescription drugs without prescription because the arms had been used in atrocities. The Lower Court decided that that was not proven. Although the [...]