Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration
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To view Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantanamo Cases, which was released on June 10, 2010, please visit:
http://www.constitutionproject.org/manage/file/414.pdf
http://www.constitutionproject.org/manage/file/414.pdf
January 22, 2010 marked the passing of President Obama's self-declared deadline to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. To take note of the missed deadline, the Constitution Project joined with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Institute to cosponsor a panel discussion examining what prevented the administration from reaching its goal and what obstacles remain to closing the detention facility. Titled "One Year and Counting: When and How Will Guantanamo Close?," the program featured an array of voices, including current and former government and military officials, a sitting federal judge, a former federal prosecutor in New York City, advocates, and litigators. A video and photos of the event are available.
On November 4, 2009, over 120 prominent Americans released Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration, calling on the Obama administration and Congress to support a policy for closing Guantanamo that is consistent with our constitutional principles and ensures our country's security. An effort coordinated by the Constitution Project and Human Rights First and joined by former members of Congress, diplomats, federal judges and prosecutors, high-level military and government officials, as well as national security and foreign policy experts, bar leaders, and family members of 9/11 victims, the Declaration supports federal court prosecution of terrorism suspects and opposes indefinite detention without charge. There are now nearly 140 signatories to the Declaration.
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