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Continuing Developments Involving Detentions at Guantanamo Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 See section above: Supreme Court Affirms Habeas Corpus for Guantánamo Detainees.

2 William, Glaberson Guantánamo Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Legal Rationale , N.Y. Times, June 13, 2008, at A21Google Scholar; Dan, Eggen & John, White Debate over Guantanamo’sFate Intensifies , Wash. Post, July 4, 2008, at A1.Google Scholar

3 Parhat v. Gates, 532 F.3d 834 (D.C. Cir. June 20, 2008). The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109–148, 119 Stat. 2680 (2005), gives the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit exclusive jurisdiction to review CSRT determinations. See John, R. Crook Contemporary Practice of the United States, 100 AJIL 457 (2006).Google Scholar

4 William, Glaberson U.S. Court, in a First, Voids Finding by Tribunal , N.Y. Times, June 24, 2008, at A15Google Scholar; Josh, White & Del Quentin, Wilber Appeals Court Invalidates Detainee’s ‘Enemy’ Status , Wash. Post, June 24, 2008, at A14Google Scholar; William, Glaberson Evidence Faulted in Detainee Case , N.Y. Times, July 1, 2008, at A1Google Scholar; Del Quentin, Wilbur & Josh, White Judges Cite Need for Reliable Evidence to Hold Detainees , Wash. Post, July 1, 2008, at A3.Google Scholar

5 532 F.3d at 836. To avoid another possible remand, the court directed the government to “present to that Tribunal the best record of Parhat’s status as an enemy combatant that it is prepared to make.” Id. at 851.

6 Id. at 837–38; see Guantanamo Crumbles , Editorial, Wash. Post, July 7, 2007, at A12.Google Scholar

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24 128 S.Ct. 17 (2007).

25 Belbacha v. Bush, 520 F.3d 452 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 14, 2008).