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International Human Rights Standards In International Organizations: The Case Of International Criminal Courts, Kenneth S. Gallant
International Human Rights Standards In International Organizations: The Case Of International Criminal Courts, Kenneth S. Gallant
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Guantánamo, Diane Marie Amann
Guantánamo, Diane Marie Amann
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This article addresses not only offshore detainees at Guantánamo and elsewhere, but also the two Americans and one Qatari held in the United States as enemy combatants. It focuses on the critical issues in U.S. litigation - extraterritoriality and deference - yet also examines the scope of detention and the propriety of proposed special tribunals. After demonstrating that in the wake of September 11, 2001, no U.S. constitutional precedent governed these issues, the article then looks to norms drawn from international humanitarian and human rights law to aid decision. The Supreme Court increasingly consults such external norms as persuasive authority; …