Description
This event focuses on the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, the military tribunals established to prosecute the detainees held at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It will provide an insight into the general challenges associated with defending Guantanamo detainees, as well as the issues with the functioning of the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions.| Period | 19 Feb 2019 |
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| Held at | British Institute of International and Comparative Law, United Kingdom |
Keywords
- military commissions
- torture
- right to fair trial
Documents & Links
Related content
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Activities
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Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The Past, Present and Future. A Conversation with Mohamedou Ould Salahi, author of Guantánamo Diary
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Torture and Fair Trial in the Guantanamo Military Commissions
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Torture on Trial: The Guantanamo Military Commissions
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Northern UK Human Rights Network Meeting
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Research output
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Introductory note to the United Nations revised minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners (Nelson Mandela rules)
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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US counterterrorism and the denial of fundamental rights from torture to fair trial
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Shadows of Torture: Reporting from Guantanamo
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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Getting to Grips with Guantánamo IV: Person Zero & Camp 7
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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Projects
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Torture on Trial
Project: Research
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Press/Media
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Kasey McCall-Smith comments on the effects of torture on fair trial rights
Press/Media: Expert Comment