The manual for Military Commissions
Contributors: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher: [Department of Defense]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Military law; Military courts; Prisoners of war; Legal status, laws; Terrorists
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on January 28, 2007).

"Today, the Secretary of Defense is submitting to Congress a comprehensive Manual for the full and fair prosecution of alien unlawful enemy combatants by military commissions, in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The Manual is made up of four separate sections: The Preamble, The Rules for Military Commissions, the Military Commission Rules of Evidence, and the Crimes and Elements. The Rules for Military Commissions set forth the procedural rules for Military Commissions. The Military Commission Rules of Evidence provide evidentiary rules to govern the admissibility of evidence at trial. The Crimes and Elements section lays out the crimes punishable by Military Commission and the elements of those crimes." -- Executive summary.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.