Expanding the Horizons of Human Rights Law (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute New Authors) (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute New Authors Series)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789004143647
Subjects: International human rights law; International humanitarian law; Politics/International Relations; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Political Science; Law; Civil Rights; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Human rights
First sentence: Military Commissions (MCs) have existed in the United States of America (USA) since before the beginning of the Republic with power to try persons that otherwise would not be subject to military law, for the violation of laws of war and other offences committed in territory under military occupation.