Military Commissions Act of 2009

Military Commissions Act of 2009
For other uses, see Military Commissions Act.

The United States House of Representatives passed a bill, known as the Military Commissions Act of 2009, which amended the Military Commissions Act of 2006.[1]

Formally, it is Title XVIII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub.L. 111-84, H.R. 2647, 123 Stat. 2190, enacted October 28, 2009).

On December 3, 2009, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported on a hearing before Lieutenant Colonel Nancy Paul, the Presiding Officer for US v. Al Qosi, describing Paul as the first Presiding Officer to address the implications of the new act.[2] Paul ruled that the Prosecution could not use the new act to place additional charges against Sudanese captive Ibrahim al Qosi.

A new 281 page set of procedures for conducting military commissions in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2009 was released on May 4, 2010, one day ahead of the first new hearing in the case of Canadian Omar Khadr.[3] On May 24, 2010, Steven Edwards, writing for the Vancouver Sun, reported that the Canwest News Service had recently learned that there was internal controversy within the Obama administration over new rules for conducting Guantanamo military commissions. According to Edwards some Obama appointees had tried to get new rules which would have caused the Prosecution to abandon charging Guantanamo captives like Omar Khadr with murder. Edwards wrote that the change would have triggered dropping charges against a third of the Guantanamo captives the Prosecution planned to charge with murder.

See also

References

  1. ^ Jaclyn Belczyk (2009-10-09). "House passes amendments to Military Commissions Act". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjurist.law.pitt.edu%2Fpaperchase%2F2009%2F10%2Fhouse-passes-amendments-to-military.php&date=2009-12-04. 
  2. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-12-03). "Guantánamo judge won't expand Sudanese captive's war crimes case". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Famericas%2Fguantanamo%2Fstory%2F1364075.html&date=2009-12-04. 
  3. ^ Steven Edwards (2010-05-24). "Obama officials pushed, but failed, for new rules in Khadr tribunal". Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Obama+officials+pushed+failed+rules+Khadr+tribunal/3065816/story.html. Retrieved 2010-05-25. "The officials sought to strip a new commissions manual of a law-of-war murder definition that is central to Khadr’s prosecution in the mortal wounding of Special Forces Sgt. First Class Chris Speer during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan, insiders say. Omission of the segment could have also obliged prosecutors to trim or abandon “up to one-third” of its cases, according to one inside estimate."  mirror

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Military Commissions Act of 2006 — For other uses, see Military Commissions Act (disambiguation). Military Commissions Act of 2006 Full title Military Commissions Act of 2006 Citations Public Law …   Wikipedia

  • Military Commissions Act — There are multiple uses of Military Commissions Act: Military Commissions Act of 2006, passed October 17, 2006 Military Commissions Act of 2009, passed October 9, 2009 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • Military Commissions Act of 2006 — Gave the president the power to create military commissions to try alien unlawful enemy combatants (more commonly referred to as detained terrorism suspects) and established the jurisdiction and procedures for these trials. Part of President… …   Law dictionary

  • Military tribunals in the United States — A military tribunal is a kind of military court designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. The judges are military officers and fulfill the role of jurors.… …   Wikipedia

  • military commission — mil·i·tary commission n: a military court organized in time of war or suspension of the civil power to try offenses by persons (as civilians) not subject to trial by a court martial Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996.… …   Law dictionary

  • Detainee Treatment Act — The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) is an Act of the United States Congress that prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; requires military interrogations to be performed according to the U.S. Army… …   Wikipedia

  • National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 — The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (H.R. 2647, Pub.L. 111 84, 123 Stat. 2190.) is a law in the United States signed by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009. As a bill it was H.R. 2647 in the 111th Congress. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Commissions militaires de Guantanamo — Commission militaire de Guantánamo Les Commissions militaires de Guantánamo sont des tribunaux d exception, créés par un ordre exécutif du 13 novembre 2001 du président George W. Bush [1]. Présidées par des juges militaires, elles ont… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Military justice — This article is about legal jurisdiction over military personnel. For military jurisdiction over civilians, see martial law. Military commission redirects here. For the commissioning of an officer, see Officer (armed forces). For the history of… …   Wikipedia

  • Guantanamo military commission — Court room where initial Guantanamo military commissions convened. The Guantanamo military commissions are military tribunals created by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for prosecuting detainees held in the United States Guantanamo Bay… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”