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The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
This report provides a background and analysis comparing military commissions as envisioned under M.C.O. No. 1 to general military courts-martial conducted under the UCMJ. The report notes some of the criticism directed at the President’s M.O., and explains how those concerns are addressed by the military commission orders and instructions. The report provides two charts to compare the regulations issued by the Department of Defense and standard procedures for general courts-martial under the Manual for Courts-Martial. The second chart, which compares procedural safeguards incorporated in the regulations with established procedures in courts martial, follows the same order and format used in CRS Report RL31262, Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts, in order to facilitate comparison with safeguards provided in federal court and the International Criminal Court.
Terrorism in Southeast Asia
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Terrorism in Southeast Asia
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Terrorism in Southeast Asia
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Homeland Security: 9/11 Victim Relief Funds
From Summary: This report also discusses the amounts of money collected and distributed by some of the larger victim relief funds such as the New York State’s World Trade Center Relief Fund Distribution, the Twin Towers Fund (established by Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City), the Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund, September 11th Fund (organized by United Way), Safe Horizons, the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund and several Firefighters and Police Relief Funds.
Terrorism in South Asia
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Terrorism in South Asia
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The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues
This report highlights trends and data found in the State Department’s annual Patterns of Global Terrorism report, (Patterns 2003) and addresses selected issues relating to its content.
Removing Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and U.S. Policy
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Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries
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Terrorist Attack on USS Cole: Background and Issues for Congress
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Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Military Force
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Latin America: Terrorism Issues
This annual report is on worldwide terrorism, The State Department highlights threats in Colombia, Peru, and the tri-border region of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The State Department also has designated four terrorist groups (three in Colombia and one in Peru) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Cuba has been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1982.
Trying Terrorists as War Criminals
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Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention
Forty-three countries, including the United States, have signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime of November 2001. The U.S. Senate ratified the Convention on August 3, 2006. The Convention seeks to better combat cybercrime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative abilities, and boosting international cooperation. Supporters argue that the Convention will enhance deterrence, while critics counter it will have little effect without participation by countries in which cybercriminals operate freely. Others warn it will endanger privacy and civil liberties.
European Security: The Debate in NATO and the European Union
This report reviews progress within NATO to develop a European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI), and the initiative within the European Union to create a common European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The report considers both European and U.S. perspectives on these developments. It will be updated as events warrant.
U.N. Security Council Consideration of North Korea's Violations of its Nuclear Treaty Obligations
Since early 1993, North Korea has refused to allow inspections of its nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This is contrary to North Korea's obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its 1992 safeguards agreement with the Agency. Following North Korean obstruction of an inspection in March 1994, the IAEA referred the issue to the U.N. Security Council. The Clinton Administration is set to propose that the Council act against North Korea, possibly including the imposition of sanctions. However, the opposition of China to sanctions and the ambivalent attitude of Russia has resulted in a decision by the Administration to propose initial action by the Council short of sanctions. Measures short of sanctions could end up as the totality of U.N. action.
South Korea: U.S. Defense Obligations
U.S. defense obligations to South Korea are contained in the U.S.-South Korean Mutual Defense Treaty, signed in 1953 and ratified in 1954. Under Article m of the treaty, the United States would "act to meet" an attack on South Korea "in accordance with its [U.S.] constitutional processes." At the time of ratification, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee did not define specifically the respective roles of the President and Congress in any decision to act militarily in accord with constitutional processes. The Committee stressed that Article did not set a requirement for an automatic American military response but that it did give the United States a wide range of possible actions
The Convention on Nuclear Safety - A Fact Sheet
Until the catastrophic accident with the former Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power plant showed that radioactivity from a major nuclear accident could reach neighboring nations, nuclear safety was held to be an exclusively sovereign responsibility of each nation. Now it is recognized that a nuclear accident in one state can release radioactivity dangerous to another. As a result, many now view international cooperation as one way to help to assure safe operation of each nation's civil nuclear power stations.
Bosnia: Civil Implementation of the Peace Agreement
Since Dayton Peace Accords, the civilian side of peace implementation has been challenged by the scope of the tasks, and by the lack of commitment demonstrated by the Bosnian parties to various aspects of the peace agreement. In addition, issues such as International Framework for peace implementation, formation of governmental institution, election, civil police task force and displaced persons are discussed in this report.
Nuclear Testing and Comprehensive Test Ban: Chronology Starting September 1992
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National Missile Defense: Issues for Congress
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National Missile Defense: Issues for Congress
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National Missile Defense: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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The Middle East Peace Talks
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