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Boumediene and Others v. Bush, President of the United States and Others

United States of America.  20 February 2007 ; 12 June 2008 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Right to liberty — Detention without trial — Enemy combatant — Detention of aliens at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base — Whether lawful — Habeas corpus jurisdiction — Jurisdiction of United States courts — Classification of detainees as enemy aliens — Whether appropriate — Whether United States courts possessing powers of review

Territory — Leases — Guantánamo Bay — Territory leased to United States by Cuba for use as a naval base — Detention facility at Guantánamo Bay — Status of Guantánamo Bay — Whether United States territory — Whether United States possessing de facto sovereignty — Whether detention at Guantánamo Bay to be equated to detention in the United States — Whether within the habeas corpus jurisdiction of the United States courts

War and armed conflict — Terrorism — Attacks on United States on 11 September 2001 — Whether giving rise to war — Powers of wartime detention — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 2010

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