USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States’ actions at Guantánamo Bay violate its obligations under the Third Geneva Convention, the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and customary international law.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rumsfeld, which many legal analysts see as the most important decision related to Guantanamo, the court said that although the president has the authority to establish military commissions, the specific procedures the administration was using for the trials violated the Geneva Conventions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article 3 offers an international minimum protection to persons taking no active part in hostilities, including members of armed forces in certain situations specifically stated in the article. Humane and non-discriminatory treatment are two important protections offered under this provision.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus, Amnesty International helped drawing people’s attention to human rights abuses. Even an independent inquiry by the UN supported these findings. The UN Secretary General said the prison in Guantanamo Bay should be closed down.

Detailed explanation-5: -However, it is now known that torture has been used against these detainees, many of the released detainees claim that torture was a regular part of their imprisonment including; beating, whipping, water boarding, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation and forced exposure to graphic pornography (Hall and Willow, 2012).