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What was the Combatant Status Review Tribunal?

Introduction The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as “enemy combatants“. The CSRTs were established 07 July 2004 by order of US Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz after US Supreme Court… Read More

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An Overview of the Criminal Investigation Task Force

Introduction The Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) is an organisation created in early 2002 by the United States Department of Defence to conduct investigations of detainees captured in the War on Terrorism. It was envisioned that certain captured individuals would be tried by a military tribunal for war crimes and/or acts of terrorism. CITF was… Read More