The Supreme Court Decides a Consular Convention Case
On June 28, 2006, the U.S.
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Foreign Policy and International Law
The Committee Against Torture Urges an End to Guantánamo Detention
International criticism of post-September 11 antiterrorism measures has come to a head with calls from the U.N. body monitoring the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment1 for several changes in U.S. policy - among them, a call for closure of the four-and-a-half-year-old detention camp at Guantánamo.
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The ASIL Centennial Annual Meeting Adopts a Resolution on the Use of Armed Force and the Treatment of Detainees
[Insight Editor's note: This Insight differs from the usual ASIL Insight in that it concerns an action taken by the ASIL itself.
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Alleged Secret Detentions of Terrorism Suspects
Allegations have appeared in news reports that the United States is holding some terrorism suspects incommunicado and without trial in detention centers at undisclosed locations outside the United States, perhaps in Eastern Europe. The United States government has not acknowledged the existence of any such detention facilities. The discussion below is based on facts regarding the possible existence of such facilities as reported in news media, and is not intended to vouch for their accuracy. The discussion is designed to point out the principal le
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