Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
2009
Publication Information
43 Univ. Richmond L. Rev. 845 (2009)
Abstract
This short essay discusses that definition as it emerged following September 11, 2001. The essay compares the Administration's definition with the definition of combatant found in international law. This essay will not discuss in any detail the additional-and even more questionable-claim by the Administration that certain persons designated "enemy combatants" enjoy neither U.S. nor international human rights or IHL rights or protections.8 Suffice it to say that no human being can be denied his or her fundamental rights-there are no legal black holes.
Recommended Citation
Mary E. O'Connell,
Combatants and the Combat Zone,
43 Univ. Richmond L. Rev. 845 (2009).
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