A Blog on International Justice
Last week, the UK’s home secretary, Theresa May, has announced amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill (the ‘Bill’) in relation to UK’s extradition laws. The changes transfer ministerial decision making powers to the judicial branch in relation to representations against extradition based on human rights grounds, such as where a suspect may face torture [...]
Abid Naseer, alleged to have led the attempted Manchester bomb plots back in 2009, has been extradited to the US on Thursday 3 January 2013, following a decision of the British High Court. Naseer, a Pakistani national, was found to pose a “serious threat to the national security of the UK”. The UK Crown Prosecution [...]
The Zambian government has reportedly been asked to extradite six people alleged to have played decisive roles in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The Times of Zambia reported that the Rwandan request was publicized during a Zambian Parliamentary session last Friday. The newspaper quoted Zambian Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministers, Effron Lungu, as stating that “the Extradition Act, [...]
On 19 November 2012, a Danish court upheld the decision of Denmark’s Government to extradite Emmanuel Mbarushimana, a Rwandan national suspected of partaking in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi group in Rwanda. Mbarushimana has been in Denmark for the last 12 years after leaving Rwanda where he was a school inspector. An immediate appeal [...]
Yesterday, the British High Court has ruled on the last proceedings concerning five alleged terrorists, Babar Ahmad, Tahla Ahsan, Abu Hamza, Abdel Bary and Al-Fawaz, who have been detained in the United Kingdom pending extradition to the United States of America where they face various charges of terrorism. Each of the claimants had brought separate [...]
The five-judge panel of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled this Wednesday that, although Abu Qatada’s appeal had been lodged in time, “the request should be refused”. The judges declined to explain their decision which was announced by a brief press release. Abu Qatada had filed an appeal on 17 April contesting the [...]
On 17 April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) received a request for referral to the Grand Chamber from Omar Othman, better known as Abu Qatada. In its 17 January judgment, the Court had rejected the claim that Abu Qatada was risking torture if deported to Jordan but held that he could not be [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued yesterday its judgment in the case of Babar Ahmad and others v The United Kingdom. The case concerned six alleged terrorists, who have been detained in the United Kingdom pending extradition to the United States of America where they face various charges of terrorism. The applicants, four British [...]
Amnesty International urged EU member states to make a renewed commitment to investigate their own roles in CIA rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. During hearings before the European Parliament (EP) on Tuesday, the group suggested that the EU members must work harder to reconsider their involvement in that program. These hearings are [...]
The CPCR (Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda) et Survie issued a press release on 28 February to denounce the disappearance of the file on the extradition of Mr. Hyacinthe Rafiki Nsengiyumva (Minister of Transports in Rwanda at the time of the Genocide). The file, which was due to be discussed in a hearing [...]