On AlterNet: international law
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Willam Fisher, IPS News. April 20, 2009.
Spanish law gives its courts jurisdiction beyond borders in cases of torture, based on a doctrine known as universal justice.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. December 1, 2008.
Hillary Clinton is our new Secretary of State -- will she continue the United States' hypocrisy on human rights and the rule of law?
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 10, 2008.
By the time it was over, eight people had been killed, at least seven of whom were civilians, including three children.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. October 30, 2008.
If standard U.S. military doctrine claims any country can be declared "criminal" and lose its sovereignty, the answer is yes.
Roxanna Altholz, UC Berkeley School of Law. January 28, 2008.
An army general who participated in one of the country's worst massacres in recent history goes free.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. February 5, 2007.
Joshua Holland: The Washington Post's loathesome Sebastian Mallaby says we can invade anyone we want and still call it an international "intervention …"
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2006.
Joshua Holland: Saddam Hussein might have been the first leader to be held accountable for genocide. Instead, he'll go down as a martyr to neocolonialism.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. October 27, 2006.
This is simply unacceptable.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2006.
Joshua Holland: Another huge opportunity missed as ideology again trumps common sense...