TITLE

Guant�anamo Bay Detainees Overview Current Status and Legal Challenges

PUB. DATE
April 2006
SOURCE
International Debates;Apr2006, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p98
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the legal challenges to the detention and treatment of suspected terrorists incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay, a military base, as part of the war on terrorism launched by the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Arguments of the Bush administration against critics of the imprisonment of suspected terrorists; Information on cases being heard by federal courts dealing with the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay; Views of the international community on the policy of the Bush administration regarding detainees at Guantanamo Bay. INSETS: Selected Internet Sites;The Detainee Treatment Act;Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
ACCESSION #
20510527

Tags: WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009;  SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001;  CRIMINAL justice administration;  PRISONERS of war;  WAR (International law)

 

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