Judges Condemn Camp X-Ray
The Guardian reports on a new resolution by the International Bar Association's Task Force in which Judges from around the world condemn Camp X-Ray:
The International Bar Association's task force on international terrorism said: "States cannot hold detainees, for which they are responsible, outside of the jurisdiction of all international courts ."
The task force was led by Justice Richard Goldstone, a judge of South Africa's constitutional court and former chief prosecutor of the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and Emilio Cardenas, president of the IBA and Argentina's ambassador to the UN. The UK delegate is the Labour peer Helena Kennedy.
...Justice Goldstone said: "The law just doesn't accept black holes. If they're prisoners of war they've got rights under the Geneva convention. If they're civilians they've got rights under the domestic law of the US.
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