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Military Commissions Resource Page Prior to 2006
Military Commissions: Military Orders, Rules and Access: 2001-2004
President Bush's Military Order
- Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, Nov. 13, 2001 (Link will open new window)
HRF Materials
- HRF Briefing Paper: Trials Under Military Order, A Guide to the Final Rules for Military Commissions, Updated and Revised August 2004 (PDF 287 KB)
- National Security After September 11: A Rights Perspective, Feb 7, 2004
Materials Issued by Department of Defense
- Directives
- Department of Defense Directive 2/10/04
- Designations, Charges and Referrals
- DOD
Press Release (Hamdan Referral), July 14, 2004
- DOD
Press Release (Nine More Designations as Subject to Military Commission Trial),
July 7, 2004
- DOD Press Release (al Bahlul, al Qosi and Hicks Referrals) 6/29/04
- al Qosi Referral 6/28/04 (PDF 206 KB)
- al Bahlul Referral 6/28/04 (PDF 183KB)
- DOD Press Release (Hicks Charges) 6/10/04
- DOD Press Release (al Bahlul and l Qosi Charges), February 24, 2004
- DOD
Press Release (Hamdan Referral), July 14, 2004
Limiting Access to Military Tribunals
- DOD Response to Televised Coverage, 7/23/04 (PDF 51KB)
- Hemingway Letter, 7/2/04 (PDF 59KB)
- Access Denial Press Release, 2/24/04 (PDF 53KB)
- Hemingway Letter, 12/16/03 (PDF 22KB)
- Hemingway Letter Press Release, 12/16/03
- HRF Access Request, 6/18/03 (PDF 34KB)