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==The United States use of extrajudicial detention during the "war on terror"== | ==The United States use of extrajudicial detention during the "war on terror"== | ||
During its "[[war on terror]]" the [[United States]] has made eavy use of extrajudicial detention.<ref name=OrderEstablishingCsrt20040707> | During its "[[war on terror]]" the [[United States]] has made eavy use of extrajudicial detention.<ref name=Bush20011113> | ||
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| url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Detention%2C_Treatment%2C_and_Trial_of_Certain_Non-Citizens_in_the_War_Against_Terrorism | |||
| title=Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism | |||
| publisher=[[Whitehouse]] | |||
| author=[[George W. Bush]], [[President of the United States]] | |||
| date=[[November 13]], [[2001]] | |||
| accessdate=2007-10-10 | |||
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| author=[[Donald Rumsfeld]] [[Secretary of Defense]] | | author=[[Donald Rumsfeld]] [[Secretary of Defense]] | ||
| publisher=[[Department of Defense]] | | publisher=[[Department of Defense]] | ||
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| date=[[October 15]] [[2006]] | | date=[[October 15]] [[2006]] | ||
| publisher=[[Department of Defense]] | | publisher=[[Department of Defense]] | ||
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Only eleven of the captives held in the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s have faced charges before [[Guantanamo military commissions]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 06:53, 19 October 2007
Extrajudicial detention is the description applied to the holding of captives, by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.
Detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states.
the writ of habeas corpus
In English speaking democracies, since the thirteenth Century signing of the Magna Carta, captives were able to call upon the writ of habeas corpus — literally "show the body", a legal procedure where the state was required to show that there was a meaningful, legal justification for their detention.
Detention without charge by democratic countries
In recent decades some democratic countries have introduced limited mechanisms where individuals can be detained without being charged or convicted of a crime. See, for example, the Canadian Minister's Security Certificate.
The United States use of extrajudicial detention during the "war on terror"
During its "war on terror" the United States has made eavy use of extrajudicial detention.[1][2][3]
Only eleven of the captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps have faced charges before Guantanamo military commissions.
References
- ↑ George W. Bush, President of the United States. Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, Whitehouse, November 13, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ↑ Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense (July 7 2004). Order Establishing Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ↑ Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Department of Defense (October 15 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.