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What Does Hamdan Mean for Human Rights?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Dinah PoKempner*
Affiliation:
Human Rights Watch

Abstract

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Type
The Supreme Court and the War on Terrorism
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2007

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References

1 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S. Ct. 2749 (2006).

2 Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600 (codified in scattered sections of 10 and 18 U.S.C.).

3 MCA sec. 3(a)(1), amending § 948a(l).

4 Military Commission Rules of Evidence, Rule 402 available at <http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Par-t%20m%20-%20Mcres%20(Final).pdf>.

5 Id., Rules 304(a)(2), (c).

6 MCA sec. 3(a)(1), amending § 948b(g), sec. 5(a); sec. 6.

7 MCA sec. 3(a)(1), amending §948(b)(g).

8 MCA sec. 8(b).

9 MCA sec. 6(a)(3)(A).

10 Application of Yamashita, 327 U.S. 1, 41-42 (1946) (Ruüedge, J., dissenting).