Hurray for the Supreme Court of the US

[liadnan]

Guantanamo military tribunals ruled unlawful.

Judgment on the US Supreme Court website for those who want 185 pages of pdf.

ETA: particularly important because the decision is more wide-reaching than simply covering the Special Tribunals question. A significant part of the reasoning is the fact that the majority found that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions does apply to the so-called War on Terror. That has implications well beyond these tribunals.

Comments

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

I just saw that! He's an excellent person to be the test of it all, being the bigwig's driver is clearly not military and also a job people can get a handle on when they read the papers.

[chiller.livejournal.com]

A beam of hope at last.

[lexin.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...very interesting. Perhaps they'll now get proper civilian trials.

I think I mentioned in my journal that when I was at my trade union conference, I met Moazzam Begg, one of the British men who was confined at Guantanamo Bay and who was freed.

[liadnan]

As I read the Geneva Conventions it's actually more likely they'll get Court Martials. See Article 84 of The Geneva Convention Relative To The Treatment Of Prisoners Of War.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Excellent news indeed.

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

Good--for starters. I'm very glad to have clicked, but I must say I did so largely from surprise at the post's subject line :)