Detention of Juvenile Enemy Combatants at Guantanamo Bay: The Special Concerns of the Children
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Guantanamo Bay: The Special Concerns of
the Children
MELISSA A. JAMISON*
Part I: Introduction
All children throughout the world have the same needs,
includin shelter, nutrition, family, education, healthcare, and
security. Yet it seems states often forget their needs in times
of crisis. The War on Terror is no exception. As part of that
War, the United States has detained children as juvenile
enemy combatants at its facility on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.3
. LL.M. in International Legal Studies, American University, Washington
College of Law; J.D., with honors, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, The
Ohio State University; currently practicing in Washington, D.C. The author
would like to thank Professors Katherine Hunt Federle and John Quigley
of the Michael E. Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, both
of whom provided the inspirational basis for pursuing the topic of this
Article.
1 Due to the time of the original writing of this Article, it primarily
considers information available as of March 31, 2004. However, to
incorporate some of the most significant recent events, updates were made
in September 2004.
2 Report of the Expert of the Secretary-General, Ms. Graqia Machel, U.N.
GAOR, 510 Sess., Agenda Item 108, at 6, U.N. Doc. A/51/306 (1996), at
http://www.unhchr.ch/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/A.51.306.En?Opendocument
[hereinafter Machel Report].
3 Reports in August 2004 reveal juveniles are also being detained in other
facilities, including those in Iraq. Neil MacKay, Iraq's Child Prisoners,
SUNDAY HERALD, Aug. 1, 2004; and Josh White & Thomas E. Ricks, Iraqi
Teens Abused at Abu Ghraib, Report Finds, WASH. POST, Aug. 24, 2004,
at A01. Though the analysis in this Article would apply to those children,
the factual considerations are primarily limited to Guantanamo Bay.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/ucdajujlp9&div=8&collection=journals&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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