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.

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