USA oprettede [[Guantánamo-lejren]] på Cuba for at holde styr på personer, som de definererede som "ulovlige fjendtlige kombattanter". Legitimiteten af disse tilbageholdelser er blevet drøftet af bl.a. [[Europa-Parlamentet]], [[Organisationen af Amerikanske Stater]] og [[Amnesty International]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Euro MPs urge Guantanamo closure |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5074216.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=13. juni 2006 |access-date=20. maj 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mendez |first=Juan E. |author-link=Juan E. Méndez |date=13. marts 2002 |title=Detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Request for Precautionary Measures, Inter-Am. C.H.R. |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/guantanamo-2003.html |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |access-date=14. april 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USA: Release or fair trials for all remaining Guantánamo detainees |url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/usa-release-or-fair-trials-all-remaining-guant%C3%A1namo-detainees-20080502 |publisher=Amnesty International |date=2. maj 2008 |access-date=4. maj 2008 |archive-date=25. december 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172111/https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2008/05/usa-release-or-fair-trials-all-remaining-guant%C3%83%C2%83%C3%86%C2%92%C3%83%C2%86%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99%C3%83%C2%83%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9A%C3%83%C2%86%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99%C3%83%C2%83%C3%86%C2%92%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%A2%C2%82%C2%AC%C3%82%20%C3%83%C2%83%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9A%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%A2%C2%82%C2%AC%C3%A2%C2%84%C2%A2%C3%83%C2%83%C3%86%C2%92%C3%83%C2%86%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99%C3%83%C2%83%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9A%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%A2%C2%82%C2%AC%C3%85%C2%A1%C3%83%C2%83%C3%86%C2%92%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%A2%C2%82%C2%AC%C3%85%C2%A1%C3%83%C2%83%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9A%C3%83%C2%82%C3%82%C2%A1namo-detainees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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