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Links to other Organizations

Human rights watch homepage
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

ICRC
Center for constitutional rights, Sept 11 page
Guantanamo Human Rights Commission
Child Soldiers (UNICEF)
Children's Rights, Action booklet

 

Relevant Human Rights Instruments and Applicable Humanitarian Laws
Geneva Conventions (1949) and Additional Protocols (1977)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 25 May 2000       
UN Standard Minimum Rule for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ("The Beijing Rules")
UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty 
Summary Table of IHL Provisions Specifically Applicable to Children, International Committee of the Red Cross
Body Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. General Assembly resolution 43/173 of  9 December 1988 
The First UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Geneva 1955
General Assembly ResolutionA/RES/57/219 of 16 December 2002 on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism 

 

Cuban American Land lease Agreement
Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations; February 23, 1903

 

News articles
Another criminal violation of human rights, US admits jailing children at Guantanamo Bay, Phillips R., May 1, 2003
Red Cross Condemns Guantanamo detentions, Jelinek P, Associated Press, Oct. 10, 2003

 

Articles on Legal and Ethical Controversies 
Trial, Detention or Release? Crimes of War Project, May 17,2002 Dworkin A.
Singh, JA American physicians and dual loyalty obligations in the �war on terror�, BMC Medical Ethics Aug 2003
Status of Detainees in International Armed Conflict, and their Protection in the Course of Criminal Proceedings, Cerone J. Jan 2002 in ASIL Insights, American Society of International Law
Al Odah Khaled A.F. v USA, Findlaw, 02-5251  March 11, 2003  
Justices Face Decision on Accepting 9/11 Cases, New York Times, November 3rd, 2003

 

Links to articles from around the world:
Gitmo-related article archive, The Guardian
Secret world of Cuba�s boy captives, Baxter S. The Sunday Times (U.K.), June 22,03 
The Boys inside Guantanamo Prison, Sydney Morning Herald, May 20,2003

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