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Torture: Immoral, illegal, counterproductive, and un-American

Resorting to lawlessness in 'the war against terror' only serves to undermine the very values that made American society strong in the first place.

Nuclear weapons are incompatible with international humanitarian law

The Vancouver Declaration affirms the incompatibility of nuclear weapons with International Humanitarian Law.

On the 35th anniversary of his death, Filártiga lives!

The US court ruling on the political murder of Joelito Filártigahas of Paraguay in 1976 has changed the face of human rights law and of international law generally.

Introduction to NGO Presentations to NPT Prepcom

Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates: My name is Peter Weiss. I am Vice President of IALANA, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.

I am grateful for the opportunity which you have given to civil society to share with you some of its concerns about the subject of this meeting. Like all of you, we have great expectations for next year’s NPT Review Conference.

Boumediene v. Bush: Guantánamo and justice
A core principle of the United States constitution has been vindicated by the latest Guantánamo-related Supreme Court decision, says Peter Weiss of the Center for Constitutional Rights

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled by a 5-4 majority on 12 June 2008 in favour of a case brought on behalf of detainees held at Guantánamo, whose effect is to declare that those incarcerated in the military prison-camp there have full rights of habeas corpus under the US constitution.

Run, Rummy, Run
The Illegality of the War
The Geneva Accord
How not to think about Nuclear Weapons
Peter Weiss
From Adam Smith's Invisibile Hand to Wall Street's Visible Whip
The President, the Constitution and the ABM Treaty
International Law Related to Terrorism
Bread not Bombs
Terrorism, Counterterrorism and International Law
The Two Richards
Economic and Social Rights Come of Age
War: Metaphor or Reality?
Law and the Pathology of Nuclearism
Punishing Pinochet

The international arrest warrants issued by the Spanish judges may put a severe crimp in the travel plans of Pinochet, Galtieri and company for the rest of their dawned lives.