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NIMJ NEWS - FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
   

  

 

  NIMJ NEWS

Press Statement by UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Prof. Philip Alston on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
H.R. 6274, Boumediene Jurisdiction Correction Bill; Introduced by Rep. Shadegg, June 17, 2008
3 New Rulings by Australian Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal; Cases from Army, Navy and Air Force
Canadian Military Justice Bill (C-60) receives Royal Assent following passage by Parliament
R (on the application of Gentle (FC) and another (FC)) v The Prime Minister and others, [2008] UKHL 20; Important ruling of the House of Lords
NACDL Resolution on DoD Directive
NIMJ and NVLSP file brief as amici curiae in Stevenson v. United States (May 29, 2008); S. Ct. invites SG to respond to cert petition (June 3, 2008)
Prof. Victor M. Hansen Elected to NIMJ Advisory Board
Application of "Soldier first principle" in Canadian court-martial sentencing; Billard v. H.M. The Queen, CMAC-503, 2008 CMAC 4
Trepanier v. H.M. The Queen (C.M.A.C. Apr. 24, 2008); Landmark decision under the Canadian Charter and Code of Service Discipline
  COMMISSIONS
Office of Military Commissions

DoD Denies NIMJ's Request for Expedited Consideration of FOIA Request Concerning Judge Brownback
Khadr v. United States, No. 07-1405 (D.C. Cir. June 20, 2008); Dismissal of petition for review for lack of jurisdiction
United States v. Khadr; Letter to Supreme Court re SOP on destruction of interrogation notes
Chief Judge's Memorandum on Relief of Judge Brownback
Minister of Justice v. Khadr, 2008 SCC 28 (May 23, 2008); Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada
Ruling Disqualifying CA's Legal Advisor, United States v. Hamdan
Unlawful Command Influence Motion in Hamdan Commission Case
Charges Sworn Against Detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Letter from President of N.Y. City Bar to Judiciary and Armed Services Committees Leaders; City Bar Request for Congressional Hearings
Letter from ABA President William H. Neukom to President Bush
  COMMENTARIES

ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security Panel Discussion on Boumediene Decision
Nobody asked me, but: Navy JAG Corps Needs to Specialize; Naval Institute Proceedings commentary by CDR Michael J. Jackonis, JAGC, USN (Ret)
Annals of Law: Camp Justice, by Jeffrey Toobin
Lawfare Today: A Perspective, by Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF
John A. Wickham, Federal Court Developments in Military Personnel Law: Protecting Service Members
  ACTIVITIES

Happy Independence Day, Friday, July 04, 2008
Deadline for Comments on Proposed Change to C.A.A.F.R. 21(f), Monday, July 21, 2008
18th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference, Thursday, November 06, 2008 at Marriott Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC
  MISSION

The National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ) is a District of Columbia non-profit corporation organized in 1991 to advance the fair administration of military justice and foster improved public understanding of the military justice system. NIMJ is not a government agency.

NIMJ’s boards of directors and advisors include law professors, private practitioners, and other experts – none of whom are on active duty, but most of whom have served as military lawyers, several as flag and general officers. NIMJ is affiliated with the Washington College of Law, American University.
  SERVICES

NIMJ does not provide legal services or represent individuals.

It does, however, comment on regulations and legislation, and regularly appears as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in cases raising important issues of military justice law and policy.

NIMJ's staff, officers, directors and advisors are available to the media to explain the operation of the military justice system.

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