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Legal Defense Fund Habeas Corpus Information
NASW joined a friend of the court brief filed in the United States Supreme Court on August 24, 2007 in a case that continues the legal battle for habeas corpus review for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NASW’s Legal Defense Fund previously joined an amicus curiae brief on these matters in 2004; however, continued legal proceedings and new legislation have prevented the petitioners from obtaining habeas corpus review of the legality of their detention by the U.S. military. Since 2004 Congress passed two measures to deny detainees access to one of the most basic components of the U.S. legal system, access to habeas corpus relief. The NASW-supported brief argues that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 violated the U.S. Constitution and the separation of powers by stripping federal courts of their jurisdiction to conduct habeas corpus reviews of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
NASW’s involvement in the issue is based on association policy supporting the foundations of civil, law-based societies such as the right to due process. This information page provides access to NASW materials related to habeas corpus, human rights, and the Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Recent Habeas Corpus Information
- Social Workers Congratulate the Supreme Court for Decision to Support Human Rights and Social Justice for Detainees (June 12, 2008)
- Social Workers Support Human Rights and Social Justice for Detainees (August 30, 2007)
- Unusual Coalition Files Amicus Brief in Boumediene Case (Human Rights First, Press Release, August 27, 2007)
- Boumediene v. Bush, Al Odah v. United States (Amicus Brief Signed by NASW, August 24, 2007)
- International Policy on Human Rights (NASW Policy Statement, Social Work Speaks, 2006)
- This is Habeas Corpus (ACLU, 2007)
NASW Archives Related to the Guantanamo Bay Cases
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