Introduction The United States has leased 45 square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay from Cuba for more than a century. Commonly known as “Gitmo,” the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay has been the source of increasing calls for Continue Reading...
Human Rights Violations at Guantanamo Bay Hundreds of foreign nationals are being held in prison camps at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base since January 2002 without access to any court, legal counsel or family visits. Despite repeated appeals by Continue Reading...
Guantanamo: A Complicated Issue Guantanamo Naval prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a controversial topic among American citizens and politicians ever since information surfaced about detainees being held indefinitely without charge and Continue Reading...
Road to Guantanamo The docudrama, the Road to Guantanamo, the 2006 film by Matt Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom provided a unique look at the complexities and difficulties of enforcing international cooperation. This thrilling tale of the now fa Continue Reading...
The Rationale for and the Efficacy of Torture during Interrogation Although information from interrogational torture is unreliable, it is likely to be used frequently and harshly. ==John W. Schiemann, 2012 Introduction The epigraph above is indica Continue Reading...
Thus, the CSRT was an ineffective "dummy" review tribunal that sought to reinforce the current status of detainees in the Guantanamo detention camp -- denied to have a review of their case, and denied of any right to be tried by a court for their ca Continue Reading...
Terrorism Final Examination Questions #1, #3, & #5 Bjorgo discusses levels of causation in the introduction of his book. These include structural causes, facilitator (or accelerator) causes, triggering causes, and motivational causes. At a macr Continue Reading...
Geneva Conventions Enacted after the horrors of World War II demonstrated the limitations of earlier treaties, the Geneva Convention of 1949 have become one of the preeminent international standards dictating the behavior of combatants and the treat Continue Reading...
Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, War Terror subtopics: Explain historical evolution habeas corpus, including English American traditions. The explanation evolution American tradition include general meaning habeas corpus U. Habeas Corpus The princip Continue Reading...
" (Elsea, 2005) It was stated at the time that it would appear that "…that federal courts will play a role in determining whether the military commissions, established pursuant to President Bush's Military Order (M.O.) of November 13, 2001, are Continue Reading...
Padilla v. Rumsfeld, Ex-Parte Quirin, and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld Facts Padilla vs. Rumsfeld The synopsis of this case indicates a fact that Padilla, in the first place, did not have any reason to access a lawyer because he had been deemed a national se Continue Reading...
.. information or a confession, punishing him for an act he... has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him (qtd. "United Nations"). The effects of the Abu Gharib scandal, and the other interrogation concerns co Continue Reading...
Soon U.S. invasion Afghanistan 2001, Bush administration developed a plan holding interrogating prisoners Niday, I.A. (2008). "The War against Terror as War against the Constitution." Canadian Review of American Studies, 38(1), 101-117. There are a Continue Reading...
By connecting the awarding of a peace prize with the concerns of a world in which terrorism has become a constant threat, Obama makes clear the exigency of his message when he says: "I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems Continue Reading...
From what I can tell Guantanamo Bay served no real purpose it its entire existence. It was a defensive move made by the Government after September 11th because they felt as though they had to do something, even though they truly did not know what t Continue Reading...
Balance between Emergency Powers, Abuse of Law by the State and Civil Liberties of People within and Beyond the U.S. Within the United States of America especially after the terrorists' attack of 9/11, there seems to be a delicate balance between em Continue Reading...
Amnesty International and Human Rights reports on the U.S. government fair and objective? Explain. Do they cover the full range of rights discussed in the International Bill of Human Rights? Although both organizations do seem to cover the full ran Continue Reading...
habeas corpus U.S. Constitution relationship protection civil liberties. 2-The historical evolution habeas corpus, including English American traditions. The writ of habeas corpus is one of the fundamental rights that a person detained is given. Th Continue Reading...
Laws and Legal Limitations in the United States Have Affected the Use of Coercive Interrogation Techniques After the 9/11 attacks, the United States' government abandoned its policy going against torture. Many professionals devised the move like th Continue Reading...
A film that does not have this power, be it narrative or documentary will either simply not get made, or not get supported in such as way that anyone of import will view it or know its title and plot. Conclusion Both narrative and documentary film Continue Reading...
TERRORISM & NATIONAL POLICY Terrorism and National Policy The main concern of the U.S. National Security Council relates to the existing terrorist movements that pose risks to Americans citizens and its territory. The U.S. has historically been Continue Reading...
In addition to rulings related to due process in trials, the Supreme Court made several rulings highlighting the importance of due process in police detentions in the 20th century. In 1936, the Court ruled that confessions extracted through coercio Continue Reading...
One of the most famous movie monologues of all time is speech delivered by Colonel Nathan R. Jessep in the 1992 Rob Reiner film A Few Good Men. Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, is the commander at Guantanamo Bay. He faces a difficult situation regar Continue Reading...
Within the realm of social contract theory, citizens within a given state consent, either tacitly or explicitly, to surrender various rights and freedoms to the authority of the state. In return, the state guarantees protection of citizen's rights Continue Reading...
Habeas Corpus and War on Terror For many people in the United States, habeas corpus is the foundation stone of the country's legal system. The concept is the principal constitutional check on subjective government power by allowing an arrested indiv Continue Reading...
Counter Terrorism Describe the strategy, tactics, and tools that are available to agencies within the U.S. To perform counter-terrorism operations The basic strategy for agencies within the U.S. is to focus on coordinating with states and local off Continue Reading...
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town Death sentence Are you innocent until proven guilty? The constitution of the U.S.A. has the provision of being treated as though one is innocent until the due process of the law takes its course and one is prov Continue Reading...
Professor Dershowitz (among others) have suggested that the ethical arguments against torture may be outweighed where: (1) the magnitude of harm at issue is great enough, (2) the suspect is known to be in possession of the information necessary to Continue Reading...
The fundamental human rights were in fact the man's rights as covered in these acts. However, we should consider the fact that, at least in many of the Western countries, the legislative framework, as well as the societal implementation of this, en Continue Reading...
S. fails to consider the inmates as war prisoners, and does not allow them to defend themselves against the charges brought, is a complete breach of the Geneva Conventions. At the same time, statements such as Donald Rumsfeld's consideration that the Continue Reading...
Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, GWOT The legal right known as "habeas corpus" is what protects a citizen from being suddenly seized and arrested for no reason, and locked up without trial. It is considered to be a foundation of the modern legal syst Continue Reading...
Racial Profiling The distinguished Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Studies, was arrested for trying to break into someone's house. It happened to be his own (Pr Continue Reading...
President's Address The counter-terrorism speech given by president Obama came with a couple of messages. His first address touched on the restrictive policy strikes using drones; of course this was not new or restrictive according to prior experie Continue Reading...
Habeas Corpus The legal term Harbeas Corpus is Latin for "you have the body." The term is an injunction that offers direction to law enforcement representatives who have custody of a detainee to appear in the court of law with the detainee to assist Continue Reading...
Analysis of Selected Guantanamo Bay Case StudiesQuestion 1 (CLOs 5-6 and 10-14):Although multiple factors were involved, President Obamas inability to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility (GITMO) despite signing an executive order to do so on Continue Reading...
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLICY FactsAli Hussein Akbar is a Jordanian citizen who was captured abroad and imprisoned as an enemy combatant at Balad Air Base in Iraq. Balad Air Base is controlled by U.S. military forces. Mr. Akbar filed a writ of habeas Continue Reading...
police officers have discretion when dealing with domestic violence? Answer: YES with qualifications. An in-person survey might work best here because citizens don't all see police as protectors of society; some see them as threats. Discretion is l Continue Reading...
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Hamdan v Rumsfeld Case Name and Citation: The name of the case is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006). Salim Ahmed Hamdan is a Yemeni national, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001. He is accused of providing material supp Continue Reading...
Habeas Corpus: In addition to being borrowed from a Latin word, Habeas Corpus is a term associated with an important right given to individuals in the United States. Generally, a writ of habeas corpus is a legal mandate that requires a prisoner to b Continue Reading...
