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Department of Defense Instruction Regarding Medical Treatment of Detainees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 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 2006

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References

1 Department of Defense Instruction No. 2310.08E (June 6, 2006), at <http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/; see Force Feeding of Detainees, N.Y. Times, June 6, 2006, at A19.

2 See, e.g., Sutton, Jane, 75 Prisoners Join in Hunger Strike at U.S. Base at Guantanamo Bay, Wash. Post, May 30, 2006, at A7.Google Scholar

3 Media Roundtable with Assistant Secretary Winkenwerder (June 7, 2006), at <http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=33.

4 Physicians for Human Rights News Release, Physicians for Human Rights Denounces New Pentagon Instructions on Medical Support for Interrogation (June 6, 2006), at <http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/news_2006-06-06.html.

5 American Psychiatric Association News Release No. 06–36, APA Passes Position Statement Barring Psychiatric Participation in Interrogation of Detainees (May 22, 2006), at <http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/06-36PositionStatementonInterrogation.pdf .

6 Cady, Duane MD, Chair, American Medical Association, AMA Reiterates Opposition to Feeding Individuals Against Their Will (Mar. 10, 2006), at <http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/16086.html.Google Scholar