Universal jurisdiction President George W. Bush on behalf of persons tortured in US detention camps, invoking the universal jurisdiction doctrine. Bush cancelled his trip to Switzerland after news of the planned prosecution came to light. Bush has traveled to Canada but the Canadian government shut down the prosecution in advance of his arrest. The Center has filed a grievance with the United Nations for Canada's failure to invoke universal jurisdiction to enforce the Convention Against Torture, a petition on which action is pending. On 14 February 2002, the International Court of Justice in the "ICJ Arrest Warrant Case" concluded that state officials
Cannabis policy of the George H. W. Bush administration there would be a perception that this stuff can't be so bad." Cannabis policy of the George H. W. Bush administration During the administration of American President George H. W. Bush (1989–1993), the United States largely followed the precedents set by the cannabis policy of the Reagan administration, including prosecution of the War on Drugs. In 1989, Bush appointed William Bennett director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Bennet once stated: "why in God's name foster the use of a drug that makes you stupid?" In 1989, the Bush administration began Operation Green Merchant, a nationwide investigation and