Guantanamo : violation of human rights and international law?.

Guantanamo : violation of human rights and international law?.

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Imprint:Strasbourg : Council Of Europe, 2007.
Description:110 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Points of view, points of law
Subject:
Detention of persons -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Political prisoners -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Noncitizens -- Civil rights.
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
Detention of persons.
Human rights -- Government policy.
Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation.
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)
Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6645474
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Varying Form of Title:Human rights and international law
ISBN:9287162948
9789287162946
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Detentions by the United States in Guantanamo Bay: Reports of the Parliamentary Assembly
  • I. Rights of persons held in the custody of the United States in Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay
  • Summary
  • Adopted text: Resolution 1340 (2003)
  • Explanatory memorandum
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Status and legal regime
  • C. Military tribunal
  • D. Conditions of transfer and detention
  • E. Conclusion et recommendations
  • II. Lawfulness of detentions by the United States in Guantanamo Bay
  • Summary
  • Adopted texts
  • A. Resolution 1433 (2005)
  • B. Recommendation 1699 (2005) of the Parliamentary Assembly to the Committee of Ministers and its reply
  • Explanatory memorandum
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Background
  • C. The applicable legal framework
  • D. Respect by the USA of its obligations under international law
  • E. Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendix I. Questionnaire addressed to national delegations
  • Appendix II. Replies from the national delegations to the questionnaire
  • Part 2. Possible need for further development of the Geneva Conventions: Opinion of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Scope of the opinion
  • III. Different groups of persons potentially concerned
  • IV. Applicability of international humanitarian law
  • A. Character of the armed conflict
  • B. Categories of persons concerned
  • V. Applicability of human rights treaties
  • VI. Rights and protection guaranteed by the law of the Geneva Conventions and human rights law
  • A. The relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law
  • B. Rights and protection under international humanitarian law
  • C. Rights and protection under international human rights law
  • VII. Conclusion
  • Appendix

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