Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (continued): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1159 pages |
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... CONTINUING PURSUIT OF UNCHECKED EXECUTIVE POWERS " SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD BY CHIP PITTS , CHAIR OF THE BOARD , AM- NESTY INTERNATIONAL USA Public amnesty international UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Guantánamo and beyond : The continuing ...
... CONTINUING PURSUIT OF UNCHECKED EXECUTIVE POWERS " SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD BY CHIP PITTS , CHAIR OF THE BOARD , AM- NESTY INTERNATIONAL USA Public amnesty international UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Guantánamo and beyond : The continuing ...
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... continuing pursuit of unfettered executive authority under the President's war powers as Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces , and maintaining a disregard for international law and standards . Among the arguments in the legal ...
... continuing pursuit of unfettered executive authority under the President's war powers as Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces , and maintaining a disregard for international law and standards . Among the arguments in the legal ...
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... continuing pursuit of uncheck chilling disregard for international law . The USA's policies and practices have led to serious human rights violations and have set a dangerous precedent internationally . ISA's " war on terror ” detainees ...
... continuing pursuit of uncheck chilling disregard for international law . The USA's policies and practices have led to serious human rights violations and have set a dangerous precedent internationally . ISA's " war on terror ” detainees ...
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... continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power number of mainly low - ranking soldiers have been subjected to courts - martial , members of the administration , who from the outset have claimed that the USA treats all detainees ...
... continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power number of mainly low - ranking soldiers have been subjected to courts - martial , members of the administration , who from the outset have claimed that the USA treats all detainees ...
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... continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power transferring any one of 13 Yemeni detainees . Other judges have issued similar orders , but on 14 April 2005 , a federal judge refused to issue such an order in the case of six Bahraini ...
... continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power transferring any one of 13 Yemeni detainees . Other judges have issued similar orders , but on 14 April 2005 , a federal judge refused to issue such an order in the case of six Bahraini ...
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Page 579 - In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions : (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction...
Page 575 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering...
Page 170 - Group and assure its responsiveness to the needs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for operations analysis.
Page 575 - For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.
Page 300 - Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 58 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act) was enacted on October 26, 2001.
Page 579 - To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the abovementioned persons ; (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture...
Page 223 - To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...
Page 687 - Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
Page 218 - ... the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.