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Guantánamo Military Commissions: “Judicial Approval And Guidance”, Christina Frohock
Guantánamo Military Commissions: “Judicial Approval And Guidance”, Christina Frohock
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Hamdan V. United States: A Death Knell For Military Commissions?, Jennifer Daskal
Hamdan V. United States: A Death Knell For Military Commissions?, Jennifer Daskal
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In October 2012, a panel of the D.C. Circuit dealt a blow to the United States’ post- September 11, 2001 decade-long experiment with military commissions as a forum for trying Guantanamo Bay detainees. Specifically, the court concluded that prior to the 2006 statutory reforms, military commission jurisdiction was limited to violations of internationally-recognized war crimes; that providing material support to terrorism was not an internationally-recognized war crime; and that the military commission conviction of Salim Hamdan for material support charges based on pre-2006 conduct was therefore invalid. Three months later, a panel of the D.C. Circuit reached the same conclusion …