With the decision to transfer Al Qaeda and Taliban captives to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, the Pentagon headed into legally uncharted territory. The United States has neither recognized the detainees as prisoners of war, nor have they been charged with any crime. Consequently, unanswered questions regarding their legal status and continued incarceration have drawn heated criticism from human rights organizations world- wide. Although senior defense officials are working to develop an appropriate long-term plan, they will likely confront further legal challenges involving military tribunals and the eventual reclassification of some detainees as bona fide prisoners of war. The one certainty is that the military has undertaken an unprecedented prisoner operation with an undetermined end-state.
Guantanamo Bay Detainees: National Security or Civil Liberty
2003
35 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Social Concerns , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Personnel , Job Training & Career Development , National security , Military law , Prisoners of war , Global , United states , Organizations , Defense systems , Cuba , Transfer , Law enforcement , Prisoners , Guantanamo bay(Cuba) , Human rights , Geneva convention , Civil rights , Al qaeda , Taliban , Detainees
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