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The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has worked extensively on issues relating to terrorism. The CLA has submitted a number of briefs to the US Supreme Court relating to the proper treatment of prisoners and granting Habeas Corpus for detainees in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. |
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| Letter to call for the closure of the Detention Facilities at Guantanamo Bay 19 October 2009 |
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| Statement on calls for the Exoneration of Mr. David Hicks 21 September 2009 |
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Amicus Brief – US Supreme Court- Al-Marri v United States et al |
Executive Detention without trial or charge in the United States – January 2009.
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Amicus Brief – US Supreme Court Boumediene v Bush & Al Odah v United States |
In August 2007, the CLA submitted an amicus brief, written by Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, Colin Nicholls QC, Timothy Otty QC, Adam Zellick, John Townsend Rich and Stephen Pollak, to the United States Supreme Court.
The brief dealt with the violation of the rule of law by the United States in not granting detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right of habeas corpus.
Judgment in favour of the brief was handed down in June 2008 and extensive extracts from the CLA brief were cited in the majority judgment.
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| Letter to Call for Closure of the Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay 17 March 2008 |
Letter from CLA President to US President George W. Bush to call for closure of Guantanamo Bay—March 2008. |
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| Omar Khadr Joint Letter December 2007 |
Letter from CLA to Stephen Harper calling for action to secure the release of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay— December 2007. |
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| Amicus Brief - US Supreme Court - Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States |
Ensuring Habeas Corpus for detainees of Guantanamo Bay after US violation of the Rule of Law— August 2007.
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| Copies of all of the briefs submitted are also available at http://www.mayerbrownrowe.com |
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| Amicus Brief – US Supreme Court - Salim Ahmed Hamdan v Donald H Rumsfeld et al |
History and background of Habeas Corpus, and its applications to jurisdictional boundaries—January 2006.
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Intervention – House of Lords - A & Others v Secretary of State
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Admissibility of evidence obtained by torture and indefinite incarceration of detainees without legal aid— October 2005.
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| Amicus Brief – US Supreme Court – Shafiq Rasul et al v George W Bush et al |
Extension of Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo detainees regardless of nationality— October 2003.
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