Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada study on trial of civilians by military tribunals

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, an NGO, has issued a useful working paper prepared by lawyers Erika Chan, Gail Davidson and Catherine Morris, titled "Right to Trial by Civilian Courts: International Law on the use of military tribunals to determine the rights of civilians," dated January 15, 2015. It can be downloaded here. The paper surveys human rights and national jurisprudence from around the world, and urges that there is "a pressing need for continued scrutiny of the use of military tribunals to determine the rights of civilians."