Military Commissions Act of 2006

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appliesTo unlawful enemy combatants
gptkbp:category gptkb:2006_in_American_law
gptkb:War_on_Terror_legislation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:120_Stat._2600
gptkb:Public_Law_109-366
gptkbp:controversy habeas corpus rights limitation
treatment of detainees
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Military Commissions Act of 2006
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:purpose to address detention and prosecution of unlawful enemy combatants
to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkb:Hamdan_v._Rumsfeld
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Military_Commissions_Act_of_2009
gptkbp:section Section 3 (definition of unlawful enemy combatant)
Section 7 (habeas corpus suspension)
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:George_W._Bush
October 17, 2006
gptkbp:startDate October 17, 2006
gptkbp:title An Act to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_W._Bush_administration
gptkb:乔治·W·布什
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5