Essays about: "Guantanamo"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Guantanamo.

1. 1. STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTERTERRORISM : A study on the evolution of extraterritoriality withinAmerican counterterrorism

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Kajsa Anjala-Ljungkvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Counterterrorism; extraterritoriality; sovereignty; contingent sovereignty; constitutional rights; human rights; Guantanamo;

   Abstract : This thesis sets out to research the phenomenon that is extraterritoriality within Americancounterterrorism, doing as such by analyzing four policy reports from four differentpresidential administrations. The purpose of this thesis is to research the evolution ofextraterritoriality within counterterrorism policy based on the knowledge that there has been achange regarding the matter, significantly following the events of the 11th of Septemberterrorist attacks in 2001. READ MORE

3. 2. Military tribunals and fair trial rights - a study of the Guantanamo Commission

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Axel Edling; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; fair trial; military courts; Guantanamo Commission; terrorism; non-privileged combatants; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The right to a fair trial is a vital component of the rule of law, but with the change in global conflicts, and particularly the rise of global terrorism, it has been presented with new challenges. Soldiers’ immunity for certain, normally illegal, actions has been established as a principle of international law since the adaptation of the Geneva Conventions. READ MORE

4. 3. Is there a dividing line between national security and human rights? : the Obama Administration's standpoint given to the Guantanamo prisoners in reference to three different ethical views

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Mariola Stanio; [2012]
   Keywords : Guantanamo; Prisoners of War; National Security; Human Rights; The Obama Administration;

   Abstract : The Guantanamo issue refers to the classic question concerning the role of ethics in international relations. That is why the purpose of this research was to, by relating to the dilemma between national security and human rights, study the current Obama Administration's standpoint given to the Guantanamo prisoners in reference to three different ethical views. READ MORE

5. 4. Defense Lawyers at Guantánamo. The Difficulties and Ethical Dilemmas Facing Defense Lawyers Representing Detainees at Guantánamo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Malin Pahlmblad; [2009]
   Keywords : political trials; war on terror; military commissions; defense lawyers; Guantánamo; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Bush administration expanded the executive’s powers in the “war on terror”. This gave the president, according to the administration, authority to detain “en-emy combatants” indefinitely at the US naval base in Guantánamo. READ MORE

6. 5. The United States’ compliance with international law in the treatment of detainees captured in Afghanistan held at Guantanamo Bay

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Rising; [2007]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

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