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Dispelling Misconceptions: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Procedures Exceed the Requirements of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Law, and Customary International Law
Publication Date: July 2007
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Steven Groves; Brian W. Walsh
Series: WebMemo
Topic: Human rights (Human rights promotion and violations)
Law and ethics (Military and martial law)
Keywords: National security; habeas corpus; writ
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Contrary to the claims of the Bush Administration's critics, the detainees held at Guantanamo actually receive the most systematic and extensive procedural protections afforded to foreign enemy combatants in the history of armed conflict.