The Military Commissions Act’s Inconsistency with the Geneva Conventions: An Overview

Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 4(1) 2007 (peer reviewed).

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The article criticizes various aspects of the Military Commissions Act 2006, which governed the trial of Guantánamo detainees. The piece forms part of an expert symposium on the Military Commissions Act, which also included George Fletcher and Michael Dorf. The article is cited with approval in the amicus brief of the French Minister of Justice, which was joined by various international law experts, in the Omar Kadr case before US Military Commissions.