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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR): Pertinent Parts of July 29, 2004 Reiteration and Amplification of Precautionary Measures and Request for Additional Information: (Detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2006

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References

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1 U.S.S.C, Rasul et al. v. Bush, President of the United States, et al., No. 03-334 (June 28, 2004).

2 See, e.g., Scott Higham, A Look Behind the ‘ ‘Wire'’ at Guanta namo BayDefense Memos Raised Questions About De tainee Treatment as Red Cross Sought Changes, Wash. P., June 13, 2004, Al.

3 See, e.g., Tania Branigan, Ex-Prisoners Allege Rights Abuses by U.S. Military, WASH. P. , August 19, 2003, p. A2; David 5 Rose, Inside Guantanamo Bay, THE OBSERVER (UK), May 16, 2004.

4 See, e.g., Defense Department Memorandum Regarding, “Counter-Resistance Techniques”, prepared by Pentagon “ general counsel William J. Hayes II and approved by the U.S. Secretary of Defense on December 2, 2002, available 7 at <www.nimj.org> Department of National Defense, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations in the Global War on Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Historical, Policy, and Operational Considerations, March 6, 2003, available at <http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/docs/PentagonReportMarch.pdf> R. Jeffery Smith, Slim Legal Grounds for Torture MemosMost Scholars Reject Broad View of Executive's Power, WASH. P., July 4, 2004.

5 See, e.g., Response of the Government of the United States of America to Inter-American Commission for Human Rights Petition on Detainees at Guantanamo Bay October 20, 2003 (December 24, 2003), pp. 13-17.

6 IACHR, Report on Terrorism and Human Rights, OEA/Ser.L/ V/II.116 Doc. 5 rev. 1 corr. (22 October 2002), p. 248.

7 Id., p. 212, para. 340.