Executive Order 13567
United States President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13567 on March 7, 2011.[1][2][3] Its purpose was to establish:
- "Periodic Review[s] of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force."
Executive Order 13567 is a follow on to Executive Order 13492 and Executive Order 13493 executive orders Obama signed on January 21, 2009, the day after he assumed office.[2][3] Those executive orders were intended to review which Guantanamo detainees should be released. The Guantanamo Joint Task Force those executive orders set up reviewed the detainees, and recommended that a first group of detainees should be tried, a second group of detainees should be released, and compiled a list of a third group of detainees who should neither be released or charged. Executive Order 13567 established a Periodic Review Secretariat, that would oversee Periodic Review Boards, which would perform periodic reviews of the individuals in the third group, those who were being held indefinitely, without charge.[4]
References
- ↑ Barack Obama (2011-03-07). "Executive Order 13567 of March 7, 2011: Periodic Review of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force". The White House. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- 1 2 Thomas Nachbar (2011-12-29). "Faculty Q&A: Nachbar on a New Shift in U.S. Detention Policy". University of Virginia School of Law. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- 1 2 Thomas B. Nachbar (2011-12-01). "Executive Order 13567: Executive Branch Policy Meets International Law in the Evolution of the Domestic Law of Detention" (PDF). University of Virginia School of Law. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ↑ "Periodic Review Secretariat". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2014-01-27.