Basic Documents About the Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib (Paperback)

Read This Book If: You are interested in understanding the treatment of detainees at Guantnamo Bay during the war on terror that began 9/11/2001 and the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The book contains six basic substantive documents which provide essential information and context: * Major General Antonio M. Taguba's summary of his initial investigation of reported abuses at Abu Ghraib (the "Taguba Report"); * The Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; * The Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War; * The opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in Rasul v. Bush; * The opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld; and * The opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in Rumsfeld v. Padilla. Every citizen of the United States and the world should read these documents in their entirety. Every library should have a copy of this book.

General

Imprint:	W. Frederick Zimmerman
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	July 2004
Editors:	W. Frederick Zimmerman
Dimensions:	235 x 190 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	348
ISBN-13:	978-0-9754479-0-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General
LSN:	0-9754479-0-4
Barcode:	9780975447901

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