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[Guantanamo Bay] Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • Guantanamo Bay Inquiry
    "The FBI on January 2, 2007 released documents related to an internal inquiry in 2004 of FBI personnel who had served at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since September 11, 2001 and had observed any aggressive interview techniques, interrogations, or mistreatment of detainees by representatives of law enforcement, the military, or the FBI."

U.S. Military Commissions

Military Commission Act of 2006
"This legislation gives the US president authorization to set up military commissions to try enemy combatants, and sets some limits for their interrogation and prosecution based on Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Defendants may not invoke the Geneva Conventions during trials or file habeas corpus petitions in federal court, and cannot prevent hearsay evidence from entering the court. Defendants may receive the death sentence."
- [Description from Council of Foreign Relations website.]

DefinseLink

  • Department of Defense Directive 2310.01E: Detainee Program (September 2006)
    "This directive describes policy on handling international detainee operations. Regardless of the nature of detainees' conflict, the policy mandates that the US government meet a "humane standard" of treatment, incorporating Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

  • Description from Counsel of Foreign Affairs website.

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
- Official opinion from the Supreme Court of the U.S.

United States Military Commissions: A Quick Guide to Available Resources
LLRX Feature by Stephen Young, March 2002, Updated by Sabrina I. Pacifici, October 29, 2006 "to include links to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and related resources."

Council on Foreign Relations

  • The Impact of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
    "...the Court ruled that the military commissions do not comply with U.S. military law, the laws of war, or the Geneva Conventions, which protect the rights of detainees during wartime."
    Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner, September 2006.

War Crimes
US Code: Title 18,2441.
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International Conventions, Treaties & Laws

UN Action Against Terrorism

UN Action Against Terrorism

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
"...was established in 1996 at the academic Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC) in Israel...ICT is unique in that it focuses solely on the subject of counter-terrorism. All of its efforts and resources are dedicated to approaching the issue of terrorism globally - that is, as a strategic problem that faces not only Israel but other countries as well."

American Society of International Law - Resources on Terrorism

Federation of American Scientists

FindLaw - Special Coverage: War on Terror
Sections include: News ; Commentary ; Cases ; Documents ; Laws ; Web Sites ; Boards.

The Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare - (dead link) [.txt]
Entry Into Force: 8 February 1928

Jurist - The Legal Education Network
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Legal Information Institute (LII)
Cornel University Law School

NATO and the Scourge of Terrorism
September 11 - One Year On - NATO's Contribution to the Fight Against Terrorism
"On 12 September 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks against the United States, NATO declared the attacks to be an attack against all the 19 NATO member countries."
Section include: After September 11 ; Afghanistan ; Prague Summit ; Key Texts ; Background ; Speeches ; Analysis ; Multimedia ; Links.

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
"...is working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn."

  • Source Documents
    Includes: Agreements ; Research Papers and Journal Articles ; Congressional Testimony ; Conference Proceedings and White Papers.

Ottawa Ministerial Declaration on Countering Terrorism (December 12, 1995)

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
"A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal assistance to journalists since 1970."

  • Homefront Confidential
    How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know.
    6th edition, September 2005, RCFP White Paper.

The Royal Society [UK] - Science Policy - (dead link)

  • Scientist Support for Biological Weapons Controls - (dead link) (November 2002)
    Joint Editorial on biological weapons controls
  • Submission to FCO [UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office] Green Paper on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention - (dead link) (November 2002)

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

  • Declaration of Bishkek Conference on Terrorism - (dead link) (12/14/01)

  • Fact Sheet: Biological Weapons Convention Parties, Signatories - (dead link)
  • North Korea -- Terrorism Conventions - (dead link) (11/29/01)

U.S. DefinseLink

  • Department of Defense Directive 2310.01E: Detainee Program (September 2006)
    "This directive describes policy on handling international detainee operations. Regardless of the nature of detainees' conflict, the policy mandates that the US government meet a "humane standard" of treatment, incorporating Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

  • Description from Counsel of Foreign Affairs website.