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New Executive Order Prescribes Standard for Indefinite Detentions, Mandates Periodic Reviews of Individual Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 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 2011

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References

1 76 Fed. Reg. 13277 (Mar. 10, 2011).

2 Savage, Charlie, Detainee Review Proposal Is Prepared for President , N.Y. Times, Dec. 22, 2010, at A18 Google Scholar; Finn, Peter & Kornblut, Anne E., Indefinite Detention Possible for Suspects at Guantanamo Bay , Wash. Post, Dec. 22, 2011, at A3 Google Scholar; The New Detainee Dilemma , Editorial, N.Y. Times, Dec. 26, 2010, at A26;Google Scholar A Step Toward Fairness , Editorial, N.Y. Times, Dec. 28, 2010, at A18 Google Scholar; Finn, Peter & Kornblut, Anne E., Obama Allows Indefinite Detention , Wash. Post, Mar. 8, 2011, at A1Google Scholar; A Small Step at Guantanamo , Editorial, Wash. Post, Mar. 9, 2011, at A22 Google Scholar. In a related development, in March 2011 the administration reversed its previous decision halting military commission trials at Guantánamo Bay and directed the resumption of commission proceedings. See Military Commission Proceedings Resume; Capital Charges Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, this issue.

3 The Prison That Wont Go Away , Editorial, N.Y. Times, Mar. 9, 2011, at A24 Google Scholar.

4 Milbank, Dana, Obamas New Gitmo Policy Looks a Lot Like Bushs Old One , Wash. Post, Mar. 8, 2011, at A2.Google Scholar

5 Executive Order—Periodic Review of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Mar. 7, 2011), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/07/executive-order-periodic-review-individuals-detained-guant-namo-bay-nava.